Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 04/06/2007(USA
Release Date: 07/31/2007
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 92 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Profanity, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Picture This
A precocious teenage genius is suddenly forced to adapt to the real world, while the real world around him is having some growing pains of its own in this independent
comedy drama from Canada.
Emerson Thorsen (
Aaron Webber) is an exceptionally talented and intelligent 13-year-old who has been raised and educated by his free-thinking parents ,
Rog (
Robert Joy) and
Kaya (
Rebecca Jenkins). While
Emerson is clever, witty, and has recently written his first novel, he doesn't seem to have very good socialization skills when he spends time with others, and as he enters adolescence,
Rog and
Kaya decide to enroll him in public school so he can learn how to function with others (as well as patching up some gaps in his education). While most of
Emerson's teachers are happy to have him in class, his ambiguous sexuality and tart intellectualism make him an immediate target for bullies in his small Nova Scotia town.
Emerson's English teacher,
Don Grant (
Daniel MacIvor), has a bigger problem than most with his new student --
Emerson becomes quite infatuated with
Don, and isn't at all shy about expressing his attraction, while the closeted
Don is torn between a desire to return his advances and the knowledge that he'd be throwing away his career in education if he even acknowledged them.
Whole New Thing received its world premier at the
2004 Toronto Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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