Pumpkin

2002 Comedy Drama

Adam Larson and Tony R. Abrams' directorial debut Pumpkin is an unconventional love story. College senior Carolyn McDuffy (Christina Ricci) agrees to coach handicapped athletes from a local town in order to help her sorority win an award. She and her sorority sister Jeanine (Dominique Swain) are put off by the activity. Carolyn's discomfort begins to dissipate after meeting Pumpkin Romanoff (Hank Harris), a young man in a wheelchair who has dreams of competing in the shot put. Slowly, Carolyn falls in love with Pumpkin, sending her into conflict with her boyfriend Kent (Sam Ball), her sisters, and Pumpkin's mother (Brenda Blethyn). This film was screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.

Director: Tony R. Abrams

Starring: Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain, Marisa Coughlan

 30 Reviews  2 Awards

Reviews

  • Is alive, and takes chances, and uses the wicked blade of satire in order to show up the complacent political correctness of other movies in its campus genre.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    27 April 2013

  • I laughed harder at Pumpkin than at any other film I've seen this year -- but be warned: This dark campus comedy is not for all tastes, or probably even most tastes.

    Lou Lumenick - New York Post

    27 April 2013

  • Wildly uneven but nonetheless intriguing and funny.

    - The Chicago Tribune

    27 April 2013

  • As PC busting goes, this first feature directed by Tony R. Abrams and scribe Adam Larson Broder shoots at close range, and there's something endearing about the way the filmmakers fire away so eagerly at such fluorescent-colored targets.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    27 April 2013

  • After a lively start -- the sorority sisters, shaken by the slightest imperfection in themselves, cannot cope with handicapped athletes -- the film smooths its rough edges and reduces complex characters to sitcom stooges. Call it an opportunity missed.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Dramatic

    Sundance Film Festival (2002)

     

  • Film - Choice Actress, Comedy

    Teen Choice Awards (2002)

     

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