Seduced by a boy's affluent, seemingly idyllic family, a young girl goes to extremes to gain acceptance.
Acting
Cara Seymour's desperate, crumbling dignity is exquisite.
Direction
Zentelis makes Seattle suburbia feel like a pressure cooker.
Director
Enid Zentelis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few 2000s films to examine Jewish poverty in America without sentimentality.
Mary Kay Place improvised several of Susan's most cutting remarks; the discomfort is real.
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