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Introducing the Dwights
Directed by
Cherie Nowlan
R
2007
1h 45m
Comedy
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Drama
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6.4
51%
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The shy son of an aging comedienne tries to find a balance between his demanding home life, his new girlfriend, and his mother's second chance at fame.
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Cast of Introducing the Dwights
Brenda Blethyn
Jean
Khan Chittenden
Tim Maitland
Emma Booth
Jill
Richard Wilson
Mark
Frankie J. Holden
John Maitland
Rebecca Gibney
Lana
Katie Wall
Kelly
Philip Quast
Ronnie Stubbs
Russell Dykstra
Shane
Justin Martin
Brett
David Webb
Colin
Susan Kennedy
Sharon
Paul Barry
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The Nest Manager #2
Introducing the Dwights Ratings & Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Sometimes Brenda Blethyn is content merely to nibble the scenery. In Introducing the Dwights, a drippy Australian family comedy caper, she chomps it to a pulp until we long for her straightforward monstrosity as a mother in Little Voice.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Introducing the Dwights is funny and poignant, with a tour-de-force performance by British actress Brenda Blethyn.
Miami Herald
Peter Debruge
The broader characterizations may be off, but [director] Nowlan observes other small details with sensitive precision.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Ultimately this wondrous film is about letting go -- of old wardrobes, bad jokes, unrealistic dreams and of children and parental ties. You leave glad to have met the Dwights and applauding their adaptability, if not Mom's jokes.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Blethyn, Chittenden and Wilson create a believable and ultimately endearing family; a trio of dreamers, big and small.
Arizona Republic
Randy Cordova
[Director] Nowlan has no problem pouring on the syrup.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Keith Thompson's screenplay is clever and ensures that every character is well-rounded and recognizably human.
Houston Chronicle
Bruce Westbrook
Some offbeat humor shines through the clouds of this glum domestic drama, especially when fun friends shift the focus from Jean's grating histrionics. But it never lasts long.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Rosenblatt
[Actor] Wilson hits a new low in the dubious realm of nonretarded actors grinning and flailing their arms about in the hopes of communicating mental deficiency and inspiring sympathy in their audience and recognition from film-award committees.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
One of those quirky Australian comedies that's almost as charming and sharp as it thinks it is.
Associated Press
Christy Lemire
There's nothing lovely, however, about the movie's bombastic ending, but there are enough small moments until then to make this mixed-up experience vaguely worthwhile.
Chicago Tribune
Sid Smith
The psychology here borders on the ugly, while the comedy stays light, a contrast that doesn't work a lot of the time.
Chicago Sun-Times
Teresa Budasi
A throw-your-hands-up, head-shaking disappointment.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The cast cannot hide the movie's derivative shortcomings, which only remind us that we've seen better and funnier elsewhere.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
[The film] likes these people and these kooky scenarios too much to detach itself enough to simply observe them. And it doesn't understand them well enough to convince us they make sense.
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Blethyn creates sympathy for a manipulative, prickly character who's struggling to redefine her roles onstage and off. Director Cherie Nowlan steers the comedy to a feel-good ending.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
Blethyn's character is a vulgar cartoon, and the actress greedily consumes the scenery. That may be fitting for a woman who craves the spotlight, but the film suffers for her egocentrism.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
The movie belongs to Blethyn, who takes a difficult, easily misunderstood role and gracefully cracks it open to reveal what's inside.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
...has the sweet-and-sour honesty of a memoir.
Wall Street Journal
Joanne Kaufman
[An] awkwardly fused comedy-drama.
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