Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when the queen of formals finds herself mentoring Pumpkin, a disabled athlete, their two worlds collide.
Acting
Christina Ricci commits to absolute madness with straight face.
Direction
Wild tonal whiplash between rom-com and social satire.
Director
Adam Larson Broder
Christina Ricci
Carolyn McDuffy
Hank Harris
Pumpkin Romanoff
Brenda Blethyn
Judy Romanoff
Dominique Swain
Jeanine Kryszinsky
Marisa Coughlan
Julie Thurber
Sam Ball
Kent Woodlands
Harry Lennix
Robert Meary (Poetry teacher)
Nina Foch
Betsy Collander
Caroline Aaron
Claudia Prinsinger
Lisa Banes
Chippy McDuffy
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Dr. Frederico Cruz
Phil Reeves
Burt Wohlfert
Marisa Petroro
Courtney Burke
Michael Bacall
Casey Whitner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film bombed so hard it grossed under $300,000 against a $5M budget, becoming a VHS-era legend of misjudged tone.
Pumpkin arrived in the wake of American Beauty and Election but lacked their self-awareness, creating an accidental time capsule of Y2K suburban satire that bites off more than it can chew.
US
