Pumpkin

– When perfect, perky Carolyn (Christina Ricci) and her Alpha Omega Pi sisters decide to coach mentall..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 53 Minutes
Release Year:
2002
Pumpkin (2002)

When perfect, perky Carolyn (Christina Ricci) and her Alpha Omega Pi sisters decide to coach mentally challenged athletes for the regional Challenged Games, Carolyn's assigned to coach Pumpkin (Hank Harris), a young disabled man who touches her heart. She's terrified at first, but to the horror of her friends -- and Pumpkin's overprotective mother (Brenda Blethyn) -- Carolyn starts to falls in love.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Pumpkin (2002) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Mar 2004

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder

Writer:

Adam Larson Broder

Main Actors:

Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain

Plot:

Perky, perfect Carolyn and her Alpha Omega Pi sisters plan to win Sorority of the Year by impressing the Greek Council with a killer charity: coaching mentally challenged athletes for the regional Challenged Games. When Carolyn's assigned to coach Pumpkin she's terrified at first, but soon sees in him something she's never seen before: a gentle humanity and honest clarity that touches her soul. To the horror of her friends and Pumpkin's overprotective mother, Carolyn falls in love, becoming an outcast in the process. As Carolyn's "perfect life" falls apart, Pumpkin teaches her that perfect isn't always perfect after all.

Awards:

3 nominations.

Gross profit:

$107,838

Production:

MGM

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
Metacritic:
46%