Heather Matarazzo won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance as 11-year-old misfit Dawn Wiener in Todd Solondz' stark suburban comedy about a middle child in middle school in the middle of New Jersey. Sometimes hated, often reviled, seldom understood, Dawn tries in vain to put on a happy and friendly face as she deals with the onset of what looks to be a long puberty. As she...
IMDb 7.3/1019961 h 27 min 
