Welcome to the Dollhouse

En kärv historia som ger publiken dåligt samvete när man skrattar. Smått lysande.

...a refreshing black comedy destined to provoke a nervous reaction among all those who couldn't wait to turn their back on the classroom for good.

...it's a shock, watching this film, to remember how cruel kids can be to one another, and how deeply the wounds cut.

Hilarious and stunningly frank, writer-director Todd Solondz's evocation of awkward adolescence is a bracing antidote to the counterfeit nostalgia of The Wonder Years or My So-Called Life.

Part of you willwant to leave the room screaming, ''I can't take any more!'' Andpart of you couldn't stand to miss one second...