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Peep World

  • 2010
  • R
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
3.9K
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Michael C. Hall, Kate Mara, Rainn Wilson, and Ben Schwartz in Peep World (2010)
On the day of their father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, that exposes the family's most intimate secrets.
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Four siblings implode after the release of a book written about them.Four siblings implode after the release of a book written about them.Four siblings implode after the release of a book written about them.

  • Director
    • Barry W. Blaustein
  • Writer
    • Peter Himmelstein
  • Stars
    • Michael C. Hall
    • Sarah Silverman
    • Rainn Wilson
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    3.9K
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    • Director
      • Barry W. Blaustein
    • Writer
      • Peter Himmelstein
    • Stars
      • Michael C. Hall
      • Sarah Silverman
      • Rainn Wilson
    • 21User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
    • 27Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Michael C. Hall
    Michael C. Hall
    • Jack Meyerwitz
    Sarah Silverman
    Sarah Silverman
    • Cheri Meyerwitz
    Rainn Wilson
    Rainn Wilson
    • Joel Meyerwitz
    Lewis Black
    Lewis Black
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    Ron Rifkin
    Ron Rifkin
    • Henry Meyerwitz
    Taraji P. Henson
    Taraji P. Henson
    • Mary
    Stephen Tobolowsky
    Stephen Tobolowsky
    • Ephraim
    Nicholas Hormann
    Nicholas Hormann
    • Ted
    Lesley Ann Warren
    Lesley Ann Warren
    • Marilyn
    Judy Greer
    Judy Greer
    • Laura
    Kate Mara
    Kate Mara
    • Meg
    Ben Schwartz
    Ben Schwartz
    • Nathan Meyerwitz
    Michael McDonald
    • British Director
    Troian Bellisario
    Troian Bellisario
    • Film Set P.A.
    • (as Troian Avery Bellisario)
    Alicia Witt
    Alicia Witt
    • Amy Harrison
    David Packer
    David Packer
    • Eli
    Danay Garcia
    Danay Garcia
    • Attractive P.A.
    Deborah Pratt
    Deborah Pratt
    • Cassandra Williamson
    • Director
      • Barry W. Blaustein
    • Writer
      • Peter Himmelstein
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    cosmo_tiger

    A dark comedy about a very dysfunctional family. Really good and funny, just missing something to make it better. I say B

    "Pardon me if I don't toast the man who ruined my life." After a book exposing all his families secrets is published and becomes a hit Nathan must deal with the fallout. The fact that his brothers and sister now hate him, his dad he is completely self obsessed is the only one who is proud of him. The movie takes place the day of the annual birthday dinner for their dad's birthday and we watch how each person deals with the stress of that as well as the book release. Judging by the preview I was expecting this to be funnier then it was. I'm not saying this was not a good movie, but I was expecting funnier. I did enjoy it, and the movie was perfectly cast I thought, but I just thought it was missing something to make it better. Watching each person deal with their own personal problems set against the way they feel about the book is enjoyable to watch, but again something was missing. I'm just not sure what. Overall, I really did enjoy this, but it could have used something else, I just can't figure out what it is. I give it a B.

    Would I watch again? - I don't think I will.

    *Also try - Everybody's Fine
    5twilliams76

    A PEEP into the lives of yet another dysfunctional family.

    Peep World is like (almost) all of the other dysfunctional family movies I have ever come across. It has a very short tun-time (79 minutes) and a decent cast (with some surprisingly good dramatic performances turned in by some comedic actors). It also is NOT overly compelling as not many of the characters are endearing or engrossing.

    A terribly-cold and downright mean-mean-mean father (Ron Rifkin - LA Confidential, Boiler Room, The Sum of All Fears) is having a celebratory birthday dinner with his four adult children in attendance. None of the kids are overly fond of their financially-successful father just as he appears to be none-too-proud of any of his offspring.

    Setting the siblings at odds with one another is the success the youngest has found (Ben Schwartz - Everybody's Fine, The Other Guys) after writing a scathing novel that is being made into a movie that exposes and ridicules his entire family (save their father).

    Michael C. Hall ("Dexter", "Six Feet Under") plays the oldest brother who always "tries to be there for his siblings" even as his marriage is slowly falling apart (his pregnant wife is played by a surprisingly dramatic Judy Greer - 13 Going on 30, Elizabethtown, 27 Dresses); Rainn Wilson ("The Office", Super, Sahara) is the irresponsible and lazy middle brother while the lone girl is a Drama Queen actress played by a manic and most-angry Sarah Silverman (Funny People, Jesus Is Magic, School for Scoundrels). The youngest appears to be the father's favorite simply because of his recent success and each of the kids KNOW this.

    If the story had remained tight and dedicated to the family dinner, I think Peep World (the name of the exposing novel AND a strip club in the film) would have been more successful. As is (after the film's opening scene of the dinner toast, the film "rewinds" some 16 hours or so) the film easily loses itself and becomes more bitter at times than entertaining (Silverman's anger is understood; but it becomes trying and tiring).

    For a film of such short-length, the cast is too extensive as it also includes Lesley Ann Warren (Clue, Twin Falls Idaho, Victor/Victoria), Alicia Witt (Mr. Holland's Opus, Vanilla Sky, The Upside of Anger), Taraji P. Henson (... Benjamin Button, Hustle & Flow, The Karate Kid), Kate Mara (Brokeback Mountain, 127 Hours, Iron Man 2) and Stephen Tobolowsky (Groundhog Day, Freaky Friday, Memento) and they are spread too thin to become heavily concerned with/by any of them (although it is always nice seeing Miss Scarlet now and again).

    As there are TOO MANY dysfunctional family films in existence, one has to really stand-out to be worthy of recommendation ... and Peep World unfortunately does NOT. While there is a fun peek/peep here-and-there -- and Michael C. Hall and Judy Greer make an interesting/believable struggling duo (and woot! to Greer going dramatic again) -- Peep World isn't worth the price of admission OR the cost of the fictional book.

    It is short-enough for it to not be a waste-of-time for a viewer but not everyone will think it is worth a peep either.
    3cskehull

    Disappointing for such a good cast

    I was very disappointed in Peep World. I had high expectations for the movie because some of my favorite actors/comedians are in it. It is ironic that the title of the movie is Peep World and that implies you are peeping in the private lives of the characters, but that never happens. The talent was not enough to make the movie worth watching. The movie had a weird feeling to it as if you didn't start watching it from the beginning. It felt more like you started watching it in the middle and missed all the important stuff that sets up the movie. The story was about how one son's book, Peep World, affected his family. But, you never get to know all the horrible revelations that are in the book. There were very few vague references to what is in the book so you have no idea what the characters are actually going through. This movie could have been a lot better if they included the back story of what was in the book. We have no idea who these characters are and what they have been through in their dysfunctional life. So, without that, you can't relate to what they are going though now. The only positive thing I can say about the movie is at least two of the actors did a good job with their characters. Rainn Wilson was good as Joel and when I watched him it was nice not to see Dwight from the Office. Michael C. Hall was very convincing as Jack. I did feel his character's pain, frustration and humiliation. He felt real to me, probably because the frustrations he had about always having to be the "good one," the good son, good brother and the one with all the responsibility. I am in that situation daily with my own dysfunctional family and I hate it too so I really felt a connection to Jack at that point. Everybody else in the movie was just so-so. It's too bad that this movie did not go more into the contents of the book so that we could have had a background of the whole essence of the movie. Without that, the movie fell flat, very flat.
    5Heislegend

    Not good, not bad...it's just sort of "there"

    I watched this movie for a lot of reasons. I really like Sarah Silverman and Michael C. Hall, plus I was looking for a comedy that might offer a little something different. I guess on both fronts I got what I was expecting, but it still felt like a hollow victory.

    There's nothing really bad about this movie. The acting is done well and the pace is kept pretty good, but it always feels like something is missing and I still can't figure out what it would be. It seems to be one of the many comedies that tries to derive humor from awkward situations and subtle quirks in common situations. Though it's just a personal preference, that has always kind of bothered me. And the storyline of the horrendously dysfunctional family also feels a bit tired to be, especially as it's been done to much better effect.

    But the film isn't without it's charms. They're just a little hard to notice. Honestly, I thought this movie delivered more on the drama aspects than the comedy and perhaps that's how it was supposed to play. But hey...at least it wasn't terrible. That's really about all the endorsement I'm willing to give it.
    8napierslogs

    A true comedy that you don't have to hold up a mirror for

    "Peep World" is a peek into a world of a dysfunctional family. It's a dysfunctional family comedy and it's funny. Henry had four children, even though he really shouldn't have had any, and they all pretty much hate each other and him. This movie is set on one particular day: Henry's birthday, and right after the youngest sibling, Nathan (Ben Schwartz), wrote a best-selling book revealing the family's secrets.

    I consider it better than most dysfunctional family dramedies because this isn't a drama-comedy, it's pure comedy and it is hilarious. There is a moment of self-realization for most of the characters near the end that comes awfully close to melodrama that probably would have been better left on the cutting-room floor, but it doesn't really affect the many moments of brilliant, cutting humour.

    Another reviewer had mentioned that the one thing he liked about the movie is that the characters seemed like real people. Oddly enough, one of the many things that I liked about the movie is that the characters were nothing like real people. They are all rich, privileged, fundamentally screwed-up fools who are completely clueless and selfish. At no point do I even have to consider comparing myself to them. When Nathan declares that his book requires America to hold up a mirror — that is a joke for the audience to get.

    It has an all-star cast who, for the most part, are acting outside of their standard roles. Rainn Wilson is not playing the dweeby loser he usually does, but he is trying to get his life together again after going to rehab three times. Don't expect Sarah Silverman to break out into her stand-up routine, she's busy fretting over her father's new, young girlfriend. Michael C. Hall is basically playing the straight-man, but every character is messed up in some way. Judy Greer plays the one serious role in the movie and that is a very welcomed change for her. Kate Mara stood out for me as she held her own against the star (Schwartz) and mastered the subtle reactions to his many comedic and chauvinistic mishaps.

    Lewis Black narrates all the characters and their ridiculous episodes, and I can't help but laugh at everything he says. Mostly because all the jokes in "Peep World" are funny; they work on multiple levels, and usually on one of those levels, they're true.

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    • Trivia
      The hand with different-colored painted nails in the beauty salon Michael C. Hall entered in the movie was the same as the "Ice Truck Killer's" trophy on Hall's Emmy-winning show Dexter (2006).
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Narrator: Henry Meyerwitz had never wanted any children. But when he had his first, he remembered an old proverb. Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime. So he had more. And once a year, his sins, all grown up, gathered to celebrate his birthday. He didn't want to be there. They didn't want to be there. This year however, a book came out that made it even worse.

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      References Island Fever 3 (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Boing Pong
      Written by Eric V. Hachikian

      Performed by Eric V. Hachikian

      Courtesy of Soundcat Productions

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    • Release date
      • March 25, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Aile Sırları
    • Filming locations
      • Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA(Jack's office)
    • Production company
      • Occupant Entertainment
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,351
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,702
      • Mar 27, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,351
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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