A six-year-old boy in pre-hippie 1960s United States endures ridicule from his schoolmates and worry from his father over his fixation with a TV star named Dottie.
Directed by Todd Haynes
obsession
lgbt
gay theme
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Cast
J. Evan Bonifant
Steven Gale
Barbara Garrick
Lorraine Gale
Julie Halston
Dottie Frank
Harriet Sansom Harris
Sharon's Mother
Irving Metzman
TV Show Guide
Adam Arkin
Dick Gordon
Richard DeDomenico
Dream Messenger
Keith A. Glascoe
Dream Strongman
Crew
Todd Haynes
Director
Todd Haynes
Writer
James Lyons
Editor
Maryse Alberti
Director of Photography
Christine Vachon
Producer
Dan Appel
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
26 reviews
viv
8.0★ · 02/27/26
baby gets his first hyperfixation (but for real, this perfectly captures the ostracizing that queer and/or autistic children face)
baby gets his first hyperfixation (but for real, this perfectly captures the ostracizing that queer and/or autistic children face)
Easton Ottaviano
6.0★ · 10/01/25
Had to watch for film class but good representation of gender expression and themes of repression of expression
Had to watch for film class but good representation of gender expression and themes of repression of expression
Donni L
8.0★ · 07/31/25
Bury your problems
Bury your problems
Will Johnson
6.0★ · 02/24/25
Felt so bad for the kid, but some sequences were pretty fucking odd
Felt so bad for the kid, but some sequences were pretty fucking odd
ScottPRO
10.0★ · 11/21/24
Todd Haynes is such a genius because while everyone debates the psychological damage caused by spanking your kids, he wonders about the psychological damage of depriving the weird ones of being spanked
Todd Haynes is such a genius because while everyone debates the psychological damage caused by spanking your kids, he wonders about the psychological damage of depriving the weird ones of being spanked
