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The film follows middle-school student Dawn Weiner who faces degradation at school, where she is teased constantly, and at home as she struggles to cope with inattentive parents, snobbish classmates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister, and her own insecurities.
Welcome to the Dollhouse marks a substantial (and obvious) improvement over filmmaker Todd Solondz's underwhelming debut, Fear Anxiety and Depression...
At 87 minutes, Dollhouse is a near-perfect morsel. If nothing else, it informs older folk that school principals still threaten to record bad behavior in one's 'personal record' -- only now, computers facilitate the process.
January 01, 2000
ComingSoon.net
Still Solondz's one and only great film!
March 14, 2005
sbs.is
quirky and great
April 09, 2008
Shadows on the Wall
hilariously provocative and almost too real
April 06, 2005
Common Sense Media
A dark look at adolescence; not for kids.
January 01, 2011
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Welcome to the Dollhouse puts an ugly duckling through her paces.
Blisteringly honest and side-splittingly funny. Solondz's most accomplished film.
December 29, 2003
ColeSmithey.com
Todd Solondz's only good movie.
December 12, 2005
Variety
One of the highlights of the 1995 Toronto Festival, Solondz's second film is a stark, often funny, always poignant comedy about suburban mores, centering on a misfit Jewish girl tormented by her family and classmates.