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	Watershed Online: Review of the The Chumscrubber
		We could be the aimless, the driven, the druggie, the utopian, the status-seeker, the seductress, the thoughtful one, the appeasing one or the one who just couldn't handle it anymore and ends it all with a rope.
		The Chumscrubber is set in a pristine neighbourhood where yards are perfectly manicured, smiles pasted on just so and lives are programmed for success and happiness.
		Despite the stories of self-annihilation we continue to tell and live by, where the hope came for us was that the Suffering One who is willing to stand on a hill, to be hung from a cross and survey the state of our souls, never turns away or averts his glance.
	www.watershedonline.ca /movies/reviews/chumscrubber.html (1087 words)

	James Sanford reviews The Chumscrubber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The title doesn't offer much of an indication what "The Chumscrubber" is about; frankly, after 107 minutes of watching it, you may still be wondering.
		The "Chumscrubber" of the title is a bloodthirsty video game hero who roams through an apocalyptic world, fighting ghouls.
		"Chumscrubber" would have been a more fulfilling film if it had found a way to connect some of its more intriguing characters, such as Allison Janney's edgy vitamin-pushing housewife or the sad-eyed mother played by Carrie-Anne Moss, who has Post-It notes full of affirmations adorning her mirror.
	www.interbridge.com /jamessanford/2005/chumscrubber.html (503 words)

	The Chumscrubber
		That is part of the premise of The Chumscrubber, a satirical look at children and adults that is a mish-mash of potentially interesting but partially developed ideas wrapped around a horrible name for a movie.
		The Chumscrubber is a video game, one of those violent ones that parents rail against.
		For Posin and Stanford, the community in The Chumscrubber was the ultimate suburban nightmare.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/chumscrubber.html (571 words)

	The Seattle Times: Movies: "Chumscrubber": Fine cast, pacing show director's potential despite stale story
		Never mind Tolstoy — all unhappy families are alike in Arie Posin's suburban-angst drama "The Chumscrubber." Set in the sort of middle-of-nowhere planned community that could be anywhere, the families in this film are staffed with ambitious, well-meaning but neglectful parents, all blind to the problems suffered by their anxiety-ridden offspring.
		And Jamie Bell (the now-grown-up hero of "Billy Elliot"), as the central character, is screwed down as tightly as the cap on a pill bottle; in keeping his character's misery carefully contained, he makes it all the more poignant.
		Watch "The Chumscrubber" for its cast, if for no other reason — but keep an eye on Posin, now that he's got suburbia out of his system.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/movies/2002421178_chumscrubber05.html (523 words)

	Chumscrubber, The (2005): Reviews
		Richly layered and thematically provocative, The Chumscrubber renders a portrait of the fractured and fractious quality of life in American suburbia with crystalline precision.
		An insufferable, self-conscious cult movie, The Chumscrubber smugly heaps on half-baked ideas about media violence, the homogeneity of suburbia and the disintegration of the American family.
		Yes, it is spotty, yes, the dialogue is corny, yes, the whole "chumscrubber" concept is painfully underdeveloped and embarassingly misused, but you have to look a bit deeper.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/chumscrubber (803 words)

	'Chumscrubber' - MOVIE REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com
		In "The Chumscrubber," Dean Stiffle (Jamie Bell) walks into his friend Troy Johnson's (Josh Janowicz) room during one of his mother's parties to find that he's hanged himself.
		At first glance, Arie Posin's debut film, from a screenplay by Zac Stanford, could be mistaken for the secret love child of "Donnie Darko" and "Desperate Housewives." Part caustic satire of boomer parenting, part teen melodrama, part indictment of exurban living, "The Chumscrubber" is easily classifiable as juvenilia despite the age of its director.
		"The Chumscrubber" may not be the definitive movie on the subject (Gus Van Sant's "Elephant" comes much closer), but it ultimately succeeds in capturing an adolescent recoil from American life at its most artificial and alienating that rings true, and not entirely unjustified.
	www.calendarlive.com /movies/chocano/cl-et-chumscrubber11nov11,0,606226.story (655 words)

	The Chumscrubber (2005)
		The Chumscrubber is yet another movie in which its young characters seem to be the only ones remotely aware - the adults are so petty and caught up in their own lives that they don't realize when their children are in trouble.
		Dean's psychiatrist father prescribes him the very same medication to which he is already addicted; Rita Wilson's Terri Bratley is so concerned with her oncoming marriage to the Mayor that she fails to notice her child has been kidnapped; Mr.
		The Chumscrubber takes advantage of such devices to stab you in the gut with its message warning against artificial suburbia and the apathy and destruction it can breed with its disregard.
	filmmonthly.com /Video/Articles/TheChumbscrubber/TheChumscrubber.html (647 words)

	The Chumscrubber at Laemmle Theatres
		Shakespeare contended that comedies end in weddings and tragedies end in funerals: in a perfect expression of The Chumscrubber's tricky tonal highwire act—a razor's edge balance of comedy and drama—this remarkably assured debut has the good grace and audacity to end with both, occurring simultaneously, on a perfectly manicured cul-de-sac.
		The Chumscrubber is directed by Arie Posin and written by Zac Stanford.
		And everywhere there is "The Chumscrubber." A totemic pop culture presence that prowls his own post-apocalyptic landscape peopled with subhuman demons and freaks, the ubiquitous "Chumscrubber" bubbles up in television cartoons, in violent video games, on posters and T-shirts and stickers and rearview mirrors as.
	www.laemmle.com /viewmovie.php?mid=1378 (1386 words)

	Filmtracks: The Chumscrubber (James Horner)
		The Chumscrubber: (James Horner) Black comedies about the pitfalls of American suburban life for the teenage crowd have experienced a renaissance in the last ten years, aided by the immensely popular mainstream hit, American Beauty.
		The most awkward cue is "Parental Rift/The Chumscrubber," the latter of which demands a lengthy, chaotic theme for electric guitar, heavy bass rhythms, and a wickedly perverse attitude.
		But the comedic rhythms are handled with a far sharper touch by other composers, and you have to wonder if something a little more dense (even in the same instrumentation) would have given the score a more believable intensity.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/chumscrubber.html (893 words)

	Review: The Chumscrubber
		The Chumscrubber assembles such an amazing collection of actors that their mishandling by novice director Arie Posin is unforgivable.
		The filmmaker’s disorganized commentary on the ignorance of suburban parents packs on the subplots and supporting characters as if it were combining multiple scripts rather than weaving relative stories.
		Mostly alternating between serious observational drama and ludicrous fl comedy, The Chumscrubber at times is a surreal farce, a quirky sitcom or a tragic parable.
	www.lowexpectation.com /chum.htm (282 words)

	SoundtrackNet : The Chumscrubber Soundtrack
		Released by Newmarket Films, the film cost under $7 million to make, and yet they were able to call upon the services of James Horner to provide them with a rather unique and compelling score.
		The soundtrack to The Chumscrubber starts out with a few songs, all of which have the same dreary almost dream-like quality that seems to be the "standard" for indie films about teenage angst.
		While certainly there might be some stylistic overlap with the aforementioned composers and this Horner score, the fact remains that this score totally took me by surprise, and has the distinct possibility of sneaking up behind the other "expected" contenders for a coveted spot in SoundtrackNet's "Best of 2005" list.
	www.soundtrack.net /soundtracks/database/?id=4107 (515 words)

	IGN: The Chumscrubber Review
		The Chumscrubber attempts to ride a razor's edge between sly, dark comedy and shadowy menace, but Posin accomplishes this chiefly through tossing together random bits of affectation, including computer-animated segments, distorted sound mix elements, weird interstitials and some admittedly nice Super-35 cinematography, from Lawrence Sher, which spotlights the film's desert town setting.
		His piercingly captivating performance may merit a rental for those who are big fans of the young actor, but honestly, otherwise you won't be missing much.
		The Chumscrubber is illustrative of one of the film business' longest and grandest traditions — its susceptibility to showmanship.
	dvd.ign.com /articles/686/686106p1.html (745 words)

	The Chumscrubber
		One of the better films seen at this year's Sundance fest, "Chumscrubber" is worth looking out for.
		Chumscrubber is Darko redux, albeit seen through a suburban gauze that's straight out of Desperate Housewives.
		Chumscrubber, a sort of American Beauty meets Donnie Darko, is unfortunately released at a time when the public is saturated with screen anatomies of suburban malaise
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/chumscrubber (1141 words)

	The Chumscrubber (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Plot Outline: The Chumscrubber is a darkly satiric story about life crumbling in the midst of a seemingly idyllic suburbia.
		The Chumscrubber was amazing in that it accented real problems with today's society openly, without buffers to appease the audience.
		The director had a message, and he said it, without reference to anyone else, or to how well the movie would do.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0406650 (403 words)

	The chumscrubber - Arie Posin, Jamie Bell, Ralph Feinnes, Carrie-Anne Moss, Rita Wilson, Glenn Close - CIA
		The chumscrubber - Arie Posin, Jamie Bell, Ralph Feinnes, Carrie-Anne Moss, Rita Wilson, Glenn Close - CIA
		The chumscrubber - Jamie Bell, Ralph Feinnes, Carrie-Anne Moss, Rita Wilson, Glenn Close, Arie Posin
		When alienated teenager Dean Stiffle (Jamie Bell), discovers the hanging body of one of his classmates, he champions the investigation himself after realising that the adults in his community are too self-absorbed to care.
	thecia.com.au /reviews/c/chumscrubber.shtml (139 words)

	THUMBSUCKER + THE CHUMSCRUBBER - DVDs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Considering the critical drubbing it received upon its theatrical release last fall, maybe it's naïve to give The Chumscrubber the benefit of the doubt--but where most accused it of sounding the death knell for the cinema of suburbia, I saw it as a full-blown attempted murder of same.
		Dean's father (William Fichtner) is a best-selling author of self-help books who advocates his family's dysfunction hoping it will generate material and has turned Dean into the Cookie Monster of anti-depressants.
		There's certainly a lot of honey in "The Making of The Chumscrubber" (12 mins.)--debuting helmer Arie Posin, the son of an unidentified Russian protest filmmaker, seems to have worked some Raymond Shaw magic on his co-conspirators, including Tarantino's erstwhile producing partner Lawrence Bender.
	filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/thumbsuckercs.htm (1073 words)

	Amazon.com: The Chumscrubber: DVD: Jamie Bell,Camilla Belle,Justin Chatwin,Glenn Close,Rory Culkin,Thomas Curtis,Clam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tagline: Meet Generation Rx Plot Outline The Chumscrubber is a darkly satiric story about life crumbling in the midst of a seemingly idyllic suburbia.
		The ''Chumscrubber'' is a comic book/video game character- a decapitated teenager thats a pop culture icon.
		The "Chumscrubber" is yet another in a long line of middle/upper class social satire flicks.
	www.amazon.com /Chumscrubber-Jamie-Bell/dp/B000BX8R1A (2053 words)

	The Chumscrubber Photos, Cast, Episodes for The Chumscrubber \| TVGuide.com
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	KQED Arts Blog: Q-500 Experiment: 237-The Chumscrubber (2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Once I had seen the film all the way through, I liked the movie, but I remember originally seeing the film listed and thought of trashy '80s fare like C.H.U.D. or The Toxic Avenger.
		The Chumscrubber is a suburban nightmare film, revolving around the suicide of an integral player in the area's pill addiction economy.
		The suicide is about 5 minutes into the film, so I don't consider it a spoiler.
	www.kqed.org /weblog/q500/2006/06/237-chumscrubber-2005.html (457 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Film Listings
		Those perils, by the way, are dramatized in the form of "the Chumscrubber," a video game/cartoon amalgam in which a beheaded teen survives the apocalypse and swings his detached head at an army of zombies.
		It’s an interesting conceit, but the filmmakers introduce the Chumscrubber a bit late, and his final-reel "payoff" is more of a piffle.
		But The Chumscrubber, a soft satire at best, is dogged by a feeling of been-there, done-that.
	www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid:282520 (646 words)

	Reviews by Darrel Manson: The Chumscrubber
		The Chumscrubber is something of a light-hearted, noirish look at this suburban life.
		All through the film, the youth are reading comics or playing video games featuring a character called â€œThe Chumscrubberâ€�.
		This is a post-apocalyptic zombie-like character who wakes up one day to discover his head has come off his body.
	www.hollywoodjesus.com /comments/darrel/2005/11/chumscrubber.html (809 words)

	Now Playing Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The adult characters (including Glenn Close, John Heard, Rita Wilson and a dithering Ralph Fiennes, in bizarre grinning-idiot mode perhaps recalling his own work in Maid in Manhattan?) are a collection of forgetful, self-obsessed neurotics, and the characterizations of its youthful ensemble are hardly better, pieced together from comfortable — if colorfully extrapolated — archetypes.
		The Chumscrubber attempts to ride a razor’s edge between sly, dark comedy and shadowy menace, but Posin accomplishes this chiefly through tossing together random bits of affectation, including computer-animated segments, distorted sound mix elements, weird interstitials and some admittedly nice Super-35 cinematography, from Lawrence Sher, that spotlights the film’s desert town setting.
		That may merit a down-the-line rental for those who are big fans of the young actor, but honestly, otherwise you won’t be missing much.
	www.nowplayingmag.com /content/view/2610/47 (383 words)

	The Chumscrubber - Associated Content
		Director Arie Posin was born in Israel, his parents are from Russian, they moved to Canada, and eventually made their way to America when he was a teenager.
		Emphasizing the ever widening gap between teenagers and their parents, The Chumscrubber dissects suburbia to reveal a core that's not necessarily rotten, but one that's hollow after years of numbing fears instead of confronting them.
		The film stars Jamie Bell (the lead in Billy Elliot) as Dean, a loner whose only friend, Troy Johnson, is the local prescription drug dealer at the high school.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/7757/the_chumscrubber.html (471 words)

	The Chumscrubber - Moviefone
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	The Chumscrubber \| The A.V. Club
		The Chumscrubber: At least it has to be better than its name, right?
		Sadly, no. The feature debut of writer Zac Stanford and director Arie Posin, The Chumscrubber has seemingly been assembled by cross-referencing tired points about suburban alienation with recent movies of note, and hoping that something new and interesting comes out of the process.
		Posin establishes early on that he has a real flair for the technical aspects of directing, and he's assembled—or, more likely, been handed by high-profile producers Lawrence Bender and Bonnie Curtis—a remarkable cast.
	avclub.com /content/node/25617 (439 words)

	THE CHUMSCRUBBER (Jamie Bellolta, Camilla Belle, William Fichtner, Allison Janney) MOVIE INFO - TheMovieBox.Net
		THE CHUMSCRUBBER (Jamie Bellolta, Camilla Belle, William Fichtner, Allison Janney) MOVIE INFO - TheMovieBox.Net
		Larry Sher (The Dukes of Hazzard, Garden State)
		When Dean Stiffle (Billy Elliot’s Jamie Bell) discovers the body of his best friend, Troy (Josh Janowicz), hanging in his bedroom, he doesn’t bother telling any of the parents in his postcard perfect California neighborhood, figuring they wouldn’t care.
	www.themoviebox.net /movies/2005/0-9ABC/Chumscrubber,The/main.php (576 words)

	The Chumscrubber DVD
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