best movie i've ever seen.

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

I watched this movie a long time ago. Recently, I picked it up on TV again and still felt fresh. I guessed that is what the good movie is about.To depict the adolescence without heavily focusing on additions and psycho behaviors seems merely impossible in Hollywood. This one struck down that and redefined the prospects. There were witty dialogues beyond four letter words we used to hear. The movie made you think but not too hard. I would say teenager audience out to seek this one instead of "Paper Town". We all were young once. Dysfunctional is no longer an adjective but a stage of life.There were partying, drinking and smoking scenes in this movie. However, they did not provoke me like "Paper Town" did. They transpired into the story line without the abruptness on their own. Although, brilliant story line and scripts are far in between. This one will stand on both ends.

Igby is sort of like Holden Caulfield, but without a serious thought in his head. It's hard to either like or dislike the character, since we only have his cheeky one-liners to define it. The people around him are quite horrible in their own unique ways, so that kinda makes him look better, but they are basically one-dimensional manifestations of various narcissistic types. So, the setup is that Igby is your basic disaffected youth, presumably intelligent (although that is never really established), navigating amongst these jerks for most of the film. It didn't seem quite plausible that these women would be so anxious to sleep with him -- Culkin has this sort of baby-fat thing with his face, he's rather short, and he doesn't seem to do anything to warrant such instant passion. The film goes on and on, without a bit of dramatic tension, only a series of scenes that I suppose are meant to elucidate the incredible range of self-conscious egos striving for hipness in the Big Apple. There are scenes that should really draw the audience in for some emotional connection to Igby's difficulty with his parents, but once the one-liners flee the screen, so does any hope for believable drama. And there's one of the weakest endings I've seen in some time. What is most surprising is that Susan Sarandon and Bill Pullman read this script and decided they wanted to be part of this mess. Perhaps the only point is to draw attention to how many phonies there are in the world. Problem is, Holden already did that about 60 years ago.

I really love these weird independent comedies, that you have to be somewhat intelligent to understand. They are so much different from all the repetitive crap that we are subjected to over and over again. This is the story of a kid from a privileged family who just doesn't fit in. He sees the hypocrisy of it all and decides to run away to NYC, where he meets some unique characters that you'd only find in New York. The middle Culkin brother, Kieran, stars and was incredible. Simply put, sometimes the story is good, but the movie is made by its star, and Culkin gives one of the best performances I've seen in a film like this. Igby Goes Down has a ton of stars, it's a clever story, and you really connect to the characters. I really enjoyed this film, but be warned, it's not for everybody. I honestly believe when it comes to this type of film, you need a personality that relates to some aspect of the film. Without that connection, you might not get as much out of this film as others did.

Throw a bunch of weird familial characters at a coming of age movie, and Igby Goes Down is the result.To compare it to Catcher In The Rye is a sin; the eponymous character has none of the real angst of Holden Caulfield, and the hotchpotch of miscreants and socialites Igby meets along the way are as dull and linear as in any film I can think of.The comedy moments aren't funny enough, the sad moments aren't tearful enough, and any moments of emotional flare are sparse and short lived.If you really can't think of a better way to spend 90 minutes, by all means give it a go, but don't expect to be philosophically or morally challenged by this film.