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The Mudge Boy

Emile Hirsch (Actor), Tom Guiry (Actor), Michael Burke (IV) (Director) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.0 out of 5 stars 100 ratings
IMDb7.1/10.0
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Format Closed-captioned, Color, Multiple Formats, Widescreen, NTSC
Contributor Beckie King, Pablo Schreiber, Munson Hicks, Joshua J. Masters, Sean Flood, Tom Guiry, Sandra Gartner, Ryan Donowho, George Woodard, Meredith Handerhan, Emile Hirsch, Zachary Knighton, Barbara Lloyd (II), Michael Burke (IV), Richard Jenkins, Macklen Makhloghi, Tara O'Reilly, John Alexander (III), Hannah Franzoni, Sam Lloyd, Rose Marie Perfect See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 34 minutes
Color Color

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.88 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Michael Burke (IV)
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Closed-captioned, Color, Multiple Formats, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 34 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ May 9, 2006
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Emile Hirsch, Tom Guiry, Richard Jenkins, Pablo Schreiber, Zachary Knighton
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Strand Releasing
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000EGEKRO
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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Customers find the movie beautifully filmed and entertaining, with good acting that makes the characters believable. Moreover, the film receives positive feedback for its performance and emotional depth, with one customer noting it's unafraid to stir emotions. However, the storyline receives mixed reactions.

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16 customers mention "Movie quality"16 positive0 negative

Customers praise the movie's quality, with one customer highlighting its brave film-making and story choices, while another notes it's a good coming-of-age film.

"...a rural world that seems a million miles away, and the brave film-making and story choices...." Read more

"...I think, it's a great movie - very well done - but VERY intense...." Read more

"...The film is great to look at and accomplishes atmospheric scenes with excellent photography. This is an easy four stars for me." Read more

"It's a good coming of age movie. The boy has issues, let's just say that...." Read more

12 customers mention "Acting quality"12 positive0 negative

Customers praise the acting in the movie, noting the believable characters, with one review specifically highlighting the amazing performances by Hirsch and Jenkins.

"...The acting is absolutely phenomenal all around, in particular the actor playing Perry, who had perhaps the most complex role to embody out of all of..." Read more

"...and instead what comes to the fore are; the terrific subtle performances of all the main characters, the eerie, quiet tone and deliberate pace..." Read more

"...in fact the earthy looking cast helps buoy this movie. an obscure,little seen underrated coming of age story...." Read more

"...Beautifully filmed and acted it is a pity it is not more widely known. Emile Hirsch gives a fine performance." Read more

5 customers mention "Entertainment value"5 positive0 negative

Customers find the movie entertaining, with one mentioning that the unusual tale remains engaging.

"...This film has a very entertaining and interesting story line. I think the director does an extremely good job telling this tragic and unusual story." Read more

"This well judged and unusual tale remains engaging right to the end...." Read more

"...It was a different type of movie I'm not used to watching but it kept me entertained. The chicken scene towards the end was unexpected." Read more

"interesting photography-good script and good acting.A sensitive treatment of the main plot and sub plot. Characters believable and well cast." Read more

5 customers mention "Photography quality"5 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the photography of the movie, describing it as beautifully filmed.

"...It is beautifully shot film and has some powerful performances worth the stars I've given it, however it's just a little too depressing for my tastes." Read more

"...Beautifully filmed and acted it is a pity it is not more widely known. Emile Hirsch gives a fine performance." Read more

"...great to look at and accomplishes atmospheric scenes with excellent photography. This is an easy four stars for me." Read more

"interesting photography-good script and good acting.A sensitive treatment of the main plot and sub plot. Characters believable and well cast." Read more

5 customers mention "Quality"5 positive0 negative

Customers praise the movie's quality, with one noting it's well made in most areas, while another mentions it's in surprisingly good shape.

"...I think, it's a great movie - very well done - but VERY intense...." Read more

"...the disc was used but in surprisingly good shape!" Read more

"This well judged and unusual tale remains engaging right to the end...." Read more

"...Characters believable and well cast." Read more

4 customers mention "Performance"4 positive0 negative

Customers praise the performance of the movie.

"...It is beautifully shot film and has some powerful performances worth the stars I've given it, however it's just a little too depressing for my tastes." Read more

"...Emile Hirsch gives a fine performance." Read more

"...is an entertaining introduction to young Mr. Hirsch with a very compelling performance as a somewhat disfunctional boy in a rural setting with a..." Read more

"really good movie played fine for being used" Read more

3 customers mention "Emotion level"3 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the movie's emotional impact, with one noting how it stirs feelings and another mentioning it brings back memories.

"...plot...being a gay man who was raised on a farm this movie brings back alot of memories...Highly recommend it!" Read more

"Very Intense and Extremely Well Done..." Read more

"A one-of-a-kind little film, that’s unafraid to stir our emotions and memories of the horrors of adolescence..." Read more

20 customers mention "Storyline"11 positive9 negative

Customers have mixed reactions to the movie's storyline, with some finding a good story buried within it, while others describe it as boring.

"...However, the scenes seem to me to be honest (brutally so), and form an important aspect of how this film tells a tale that is both personal and..." Read more

"...Sex, when it shows up, is brutal and disturbing, and the film ends on a coda designed to leave us both touched and revolted, pulled in and pushed..." Read more

"...Regardless though, this movie was moving. The ending made me cry...." Read more

"...But by the time the relationship finally came to abroad, the movie was over and you were left wondering what was to come...." Read more

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  • Anonymous
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very Intense and Extremely Well Done
    Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2024
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    First of all, please be aware of just how very disturbing some of the scenes in this film are likely to be for at least some viewers. There are scenes of violence to animals, and also of sexual violence. However, the scenes seem to me to be honest (brutally so), and form an important aspect of how this film tells a tale that is both personal and specific to the characters, and can be understood in the broader context of the issues elaborated as well as hinted at. The acting is absolutely phenomenal all around, in particular the actor playing Perry, who had perhaps the most complex role to embody out of all of the truly complex characters, again all of whom are expertly adapted and presented by the actors. A gem that should be in print and available, and also should be available for streaming. Mercifully, there are reasonably priced used copies available, which is what I just finished viewing myself.
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  • KG
    5.0 out of 5 stars A one-of-a-kind little film, that’s unafraid to stir our emotions and memories of the horrors of adolescence
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2016
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    This is one of those film’s that has grown for me with time and revisiting. I saw it when it was first released and I liked the film, and was floored by the performance of the young Emile Hirsch, but found some of its symbolism obvious, and other moments seemed odd for odd sake.

    But with two re-watchings since, those flaws have faded, if not quite disappeared, and instead what comes to the fore are; the terrific subtle performances of all the main characters, the eerie, quiet tone and deliberate pace that puts us in a rural world that seems a million miles away, and the brave film-making and story choices. Those jolt us out of feeling it’s just another indie film about a sexually confused kid who can’t fit in with his stony father (Richard Jenkins, wonderful as always), or the local beer swilling kids - who are trying so hard to be tougher,more macho and cooler than they really are. Sex, when it shows up, is brutal and disturbing, and the film ends on a coda designed to leave us both touched and revolted, pulled in and pushed away.

    Once you get passed the more familiar exterior trappings, I can honestly say Michael Burke has created a unique, one-of-a-kind little film, that’s unafraid to stir our emotions and memories of the horrors of adolescence, without providing easy answers. It reminded me of Flannery O’Connor, which is no small complement.
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  • Olaf Wernicke
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tough Stuff
    Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2014
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    ... I think I rented the movie before, and then about 5 years ago added it to my collection of "weird movies". Finally, I guess 5 years later, ... found the right mind and time to watch it. I think, it's a great movie - very well done - but VERY intense. If the subject of loosing somebody you love soo much thus you can't cope with losing that person in any known or rational matter, ... and adding to that "a desire which has no name in rural America ... - sounds interesting to you,. ... than this IS THE MOVIE to watch for you. EMILE HIRSCH did an amazing job, playing the main character. ... bit like DeCaprio playing the "retarted kid" in What's Eating Gilbert Grape ... we will see where this lead him to. ...
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  • Floyd Smith
    4.0 out of 5 stars Mudge boy Review on Amazon
    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2011
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    the Mudge boy is a story of a boy who is apparently a little slow and want to be friends with the so called normal kids and meet up with an older boy who apparently has problems with his sexuality due to the abuse brought on by his father and takes it our on this young boy who it totally in the dark about things and has a strange attachment to his late mother doing strange things with chickens and it is apparent that the older boy has sexual feeling for the boy and wants no one to know when he finally let loose and rapes the young boy you know he has problems a must see film if anyone wants to know about country boys.
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  • Gary W. Phelps
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mudge Boy
    Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2013
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    There is a very important message in this movie which is portrayed very
    succinctly and acting expertise expected of Emile Hirsch: Here is a young
    boy who is ca. a 14 year old in puberty who looses his Mother and left
    extremely distraught over this loss. During this loss, another youth
    takes advantage of his distress to sexually abuse him. At first, significant
    adults around him completely miss-interpret his distress. But at the end
    of the movie, the Father - and others - realize the real causes for the lad's
    bizarre behavior and respond in more responsible, supportive ways.
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  • michael valencia
    1.0 out of 5 stars Dont buy a dvd from this seller
    Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2025
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    Seller is not reasonable.dvd doesnt work
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  • D. Russ
    2.0 out of 5 stars Not as promising as I thought
    Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2007
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    The story of a young farm boy who recently lost his mom basically falls for a friend of his who's another farm boy in the same location. It showed promise in the beginning but it honestly failed way short of a decent movie. The relationship between the main charachter and his friend should have been able to deepen a bit more especially after what his friend did to him toward the latter part of the movie. But by the time the relationship finally came to abroad, the movie was over and you were left wondering what was to come. As a TV show, this would have been a good show to watch since you'd be tailhooked into watching what was to happen next week. As a movie however, it was definately not worth it.
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  • DJ jizzy jeff
    5.0 out of 5 stars funny,gritty and poiniant
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2020
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    it goes to show you that you don't need a big budget or big name stars to make a great movie. in fact the earthy looking cast helps buoy this movie. an obscure,little seen underrated coming of age story. better than the big Hollywood studio type. a must for anyone who clamours for integrity. the disc was used but in surprisingly good shape!
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  • Edmund Joseph
    4.0 out of 5 stars I am fan of Emile Hirsch!
    Reviewed in Canada on December 10, 2013
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    Emile never ceases to amaze me, the man is a top of the line actor. If you are a fan of his this is recommended for you.
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  • Rae Dunbar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2013
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    Interesting film. Emile Hirsch is an amazing actor, and this is yet another of his brilliant movies. Well worth a watch.
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  • Mr. Richard E. Livermore
    4.0 out of 5 stars Enigmatic film
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2010
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    This is a very interesting film because of its ambiguity. Is Duncan Mudge behaving in a 'weird' way (ie. like a girl) because his mother has just died and his father is hard to talk to, or is he gay? It's a difficult one, because I feel that when he gets older he may not turn out gay at all. On the other hand, he may. It's not clear and that's a good thing. We are left to form our our own ideas. The character of Perry is also very interesting because, for all his macho posturing, he is clearly attracted to Duncan and in the end he may turn out to be more gay than Duncan. However, it's the last thing he can succumb to in that sort of environment. The film is tender and yet cruel, especially the ending. But Duncan's reconciliation with his father is very affecting. His father is really, for all his 'indifference' to Duncan, obviously going through a traumatic period with the death of his wife, and finds Duncan hard to deal with. Nevertheless, he shows he can respond to the boy's pain. What I most liked about the film is that nothing is given to you on a plate. It let's you respond to it with your own imagination and few films do that.
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  • R. Johnston
    3.0 out of 5 stars Reasonable
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2008
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    Far from a great movie, it attempts to be many things but in the end becomes a confused muddle of a film. Some solid acting by the central characters but not enough meat on the bones as far as subject material. A disappointment I am afraid.
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