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Title: Considerable style, but no center.
Review: I couldn't plug into "Igby Goes Down." I tried and failed. Ultimately, Burr Steers' movie is intended to be some sort of hip comedy -- the ribald music sountrack would clue you into that -- and I didn't laugh. The humor, however black, is the entry point into this movie through which you reach the deeper, sadder veins. That way, you can see Igby the way Steers does, as troubled but brave, and brazen, as a kid jerk trying to keep his head above the fray by his wits and fears.Because I snuck in the back door, so to speak, I found Igby depressing and his sophiscation juvenile. I was like the shrink in the movie's opening scenes, who smacks Igby upside the head. You can't really like a movie that's this frustrating, can you?The movie's opening half hour, I have to admit, put me in a foul mood with all its itty bitty scenes and tonal shifts. Steers takes a long time to settle down, and by then, I've had it.
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