Adventures in Homeschooling

Name: Adventures in Homeschooling
Genre: Short
Released: 2004-04-26
Duration: 26 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Mo Gaffney, Ruth Buzzi

2004
26m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

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The story follows a year in the life of the Hemples, a family that takes home schooling to an extreme - and has for generations. When a vindictive Inspector from the Board of Education invad... Read allThe story follows a year in the life of the Hemples, a family that takes home schooling to an extreme - and has for generations. When a vindictive Inspector from the Board of Education invades their paradise, promising to shut them down, the members of this eccentric and highly d... Read allThe story follows a year in the life of the Hemples, a family that takes home schooling to an extreme - and has for generations. When a vindictive Inspector from the Board of Education invades their paradise, promising to shut them down, the members of this eccentric and highly dysfunctional family somehow find a way to pull together and win the day.

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7.5/10

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Was initially supposed to shoot in 2001, but Paul Dooley was shooting Insomnia (2002) so the start date had to be pushed back.

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Referenced in Game Night (2012)

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10/10

Tony's Character

Tony's version of Chip Hemple was like a human rendition of Garfield. The humor in the film was of an uncomfortable nature, taking cues from Dadaists and other Surrealists, particularly in the football scene where spectators line the backyard in "Fruit-of-the-Loom"-esque costumes. The direction, editing, and delivery of dialogue also took cues from Lynch and early John Waters, taking the interior life of a typical American family and turning it into an unpredictable jazz odyssey. I highly recommend this film to anyone who appreciates short films that are both intelligent and cohesive, but not necessarily glib and commercial. This film had a vital element that today's so-called "quirky black comedies," such as "The Royal Tannenbaums" or "Running With Scissors" utterly lacked: heart.