Synopsis

Meet IGBY SLOCUMB (Kieran Culkin), an iconoclastic young teenager and hapless product of a deplorable upbringing. Igby is the youngest member of the Slocumb family which, in reality, is four individuals reluctantly sharing familial blood ties, existing under one roof. The father, JASON SLOCUMB (Bill Pullman), is in the midst of a sojourn not just from work but from life in general. Igby's mother, MIMI SLOCUMB (Susan Sarandon), is a battle-hardened, icy-cold matriarch with a long-term dependency on friendly sedatives-her "little peppies." Igby's older brother, OLIVER SLOCUMB (Ryan Phillippe), has set his cruise control for Columbia University and is eager to embrace young Republicanism. After escaping to New York City and living the high low life (involving two older women, played by Claire Danes and Amanda Peet), Igby soon discovers life's one absolute: you can never permanently escape your family. Oliver oozes into his life, with orders of retrieval, as his family needs Igby-one last time. Igby will soon understand that painful dark truths cannot lie dormant forever, despite best efforts to bury them. Only by confronting the complexity of his past can Igby face his future unencumbered-a future bright with promise, hope, and delicious possibility


"Pretty damn terrific!"
-Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment weekly

"A Delicious mix of comedy and sadness."
Jami Bernard, New York Daily News