Top Billed Cast

Heather Matarazzo
Dawn Wiener
Matthew Faber
Mark Wiener
Daria Kalinina
Missy Wiener
Brendan Sexton III
Brandon McCarthy
Eric Mabius
Steve Rodgers
Will Lyman
Mr. Edwards
Rica Martens
Mrs. Grissom
Dimitri Iervolino
Ralphy
Stacey Moseley
Mary Ellen Moriarty
Herbie Duarte
Lance
Telly Pontidis
Jed
Christina Brucato
Cookie
Victoria Davis
Lolita
Zsanné Pitta
Ginger Friedman
Angela Pietropinto
Mrs. Weiner
Bill Buell
Mr. Wiener
Christina Vidal
Cynthia
Siri Howard
Chrissy
Scott Coogan
Troy
Josiah Trager
Kenny
Ken Leung
Barry
Elizabeth Martin
Mrs. Iannone
Richard Gould
Mr. Kasdan
Beverly Hecht
Steve’s Girlfriend
Teddy Coluca
Police Sergeant
Tommy McCarthy
Tommy Fager
James O'Donoghue
Mr. McCarthy
Deanna Barillari
Student (uncredited)
Molly Howe
Younger Samantha Brookestein (uncredited)
Lorelei Mahoney
Heather (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jul 25 2024

Well if you were ever in doubt about the fallacies of the "American dream" then you need look no further than the life of the young and rather unfortunately named "Dawn Wiener" (Heather Matarazzo). Her life with her geeky brother "Mark" (Matthew Faber) is comfortable enough, but her parents aren't really that interested in her and she is bullied at school by "Brandon" (Brendan Sexton). Her brother has a garage band and it's fronted by the dashing "Steve" (Eric Mabius) in whom she has an almighty crush. Of course she is too young to realise that were he to reciprocate in any way he'd be sent to ...