
Variety
An insufferable, self-conscious cult movie, "The Chumscrubber" smugly heaps on half-baked ideas about media violence, the homogeneity of suburbia and the disintegration of the American family. Director Arie Posin and scribe Zac Stanford stick their toes into the satirical waters occupied by "American Beauty" and "Donnie Darko" in their debut feature, a shrill, over-the-top farce like last year's "Stepford Wives" remake. Webster's defines "chum" as "animal or vegetable matter thrown overboard to attract fish" -- viewers may want to do the same with this planned summer release from DreamWorks' fittingly named specialty division, Fish (working in tandem with Newmarket) as well...
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