Igby Goes Down

Witty and warm, but also bracing and biting, this is social satire of the highest order.

It is an astonishing filmmaking debut, balancing so many different notes and story elements.

You don't expect grit and grace notes in a movie built for laughs like Igby Goes Down. Things are looking up.

An engaging little oddity made up of quotable dialogue, idiosyncratic characters and plum performances - especially from Kieran Culkin. One to relish and to cherish.

The coming-of-age story gets a memorably eccentric spin in Igby Goes Down, the promising directorial debut of actor-screenwriter Burr Steers.