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Igby Goes Down

Insanity is relative.

Rating 6.6 / 10Release September 13, 2002Runtime 97 min

Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

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