''Full Grown Men'' is a 2006 American independent comedy-drama film directed by David Munro and starring

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, and

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, is the bittersweet story of a

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man with family who grudgingly realizes it is time to trade adolescence for adulthood. The film won the 2007

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''Undiscovered Gems Film Series'' Audience Award competition.

Plot

Alby Cutrera is a pathologically nostalgic guy who, at 35 years of age with a wife and young son, really just wishes he could ride his

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5 speed around all day on a Cherry

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high. His wife Suzanne and son Josh love him because he's funny and creative but Suzanne finally loses patience with Alby and kicks him out of the house. Alby moves back to Mom's house and looks up his old best friend from childhood, Elias Guber. The two take a trip to Diggityland, a

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up in central

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that was their favorite place as kids. Elias is going there to get an award for his work as a special-ed teacher, a decidedly ''grown-up'' occupation, while Alby needs a ride up the coast to sell his precious action figures to a collectibles broker – a move he thinks will reinstate him in the good graces of his family and signal his transition into adulthood.

Cast

Festival screenings

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Chicago Indie Comedy Sneak Preview! June 22–25, 2007 *

Provincetown International Film Festival The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) is an annual film festival founded in 1999 and held on Cape Cod in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The festival presents American and international narrative features, documentaries and short films f ...

June 15–16, 2007 *

Florida Film Festival The Florida Film Festival, produced by Enzian Theater in Maitland, Florida, is an annual international film festival. Overview The Festival includes narrative and documentary features and shorts, animation, midnight movies, and educational forum ...

Orlando, Florida March 30–31, 2007 *

Miami International Film Festival The Miami Film Festival (formerly Miami International Film Festival) is an annual film festival in Miami, Florida, that showcases independent American and international films with a special focus on Ibero-American films. The competitive film fest ...

March 9–10, 2007 *

Mill Valley Film Festival The Mill Valley Film Festival is an annual American film festival founded in 1977. History In October 1977, Mark Fishkin, Rita Cahill and Lois Cole organized a three-day film festival. It featured three film tributes, Francis Ford Coppola's ''T ...

Mill Valley, California West Coast Premiere October 7–15, 2006 *

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Las Vegas June 9–17, 2006 *

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New York World Premiere April 27 – May 5, 2006

References

External links

Official website
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Allmovie profileReview at Nerve.com

New York Magazine review
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