PUMPKIN

A brazenly anti-PC comedy, Pumpkin induces as many squirms as it does laughs. Ricci plays Carolyn McDuffy, whose idyllic senior year at a preppy California college unravels after she falls in love with the mentally impaired Pumpkin (Hank Harris), a ”challenged athlete” she mentors. The script by Adam Larson Broder (who directed the film with Tony R. Abrams) gleefully satirizes smug sorority life but turns heavy-handed in its critique of conformity. Fortunately, Ricci’s performance as a sheltered suburban blonde is pitch-perfect.