Todd Solondz (Happiness, Storytelling) is no stranger to             controversy, and this odd fable--about a pregnant teen who flees her New         Jersey home--caused many critics to trot out familiar claims of misanthropy      and empty provocation. Nevertheless, Solondz's formal innovation of casting    seven different actors to play the film's lead role is compelling, and his     unblinking willingness to look at difficult topics (abortion, religion, social ostracism) is admirable. "No comic filmmaker in America today works so hard t  o stay on the knife's edge between humor and pathos or is so eager to challenge  his viewers emotionally" (J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader). With Ellen        Barkin, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Richard Masur.                               Todd Solondz---USA---2005---100 mins.