Roger Dodger

2002
R
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

18K

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Comedy Drama

After breaking up with his lover and boss, a smooth-talking man takes his teenaged nephew out on the town in search of sex.After breaking up with his lover and boss, a smooth-talking man takes his teenaged nephew out on the town in search of sex.After breaking up with his lover and boss, a smooth-talking man takes his teenaged nephew out on the town in search of sex.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

18K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 14 nominations total

Trivia
Jesse Eisenberg received his very first kiss from Jennifer Beals in a scene from this movie.

Quotes
Roger: You can't sell a product without first making people feel bad.
Nick: Why not?
Roger: Because it's a substitution game. You have to remind them that they're missing something from their lives. Everyone's missing something, right?
Nick: I guess.
Roger: Trust me. And when they're feeling sufficiently incomplete, you convince them your product is the only thing that can fill the void. So instead of taking steps to deal with their lives, instead of working to root out the real reason for their misery, they go out and buy a stupid looking pair of cargo pants.

Crazy credits
All fur in this film is fake.

Connections
Featured in The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003)

Soundtracks
As I Want You
Written & Performed by Craig Wedren
Mixed by Craig Wedren - BMI

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Review

Featured review

8/10

Sex in the city - the male version

This first film of director Dylan Kidd is a smart and entertaining tentative for a male version of 'Sex in the City'. There certainly is a question mark over the morality of a story involving a 16 years young boy tutored into skirt-chase by his adult uncle, and this is one of the very few occasions where the R-rate is justified in my eyes. However, in the era of 'Sex in the City' this genre is already in line with popular entertainment.

The film is smart, extremely well acted, sometimes funny, sometimes moving and overall a pleasant cinema experience. It is probably worth seeing on small screen, as many scenes are intentionally filmed with an unsure hand-held camera. This works well on TV screen, may be a problem in a theater. 8 out of 10 on my personal scale.