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Going to high school for the first time is always scary... Especially the second time around.

STRANGERS WITH CANDY is a daring leap backwards. A prequel to the critically acclaimed Comedy
Central series of the same name, it is the tale of Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris), a forty-seven year old ex-
con, junky whore who decides to return home after thirty-two years as a runaway.

When Jerri arrives at her childhood home, she discovers her earlier disappearance has caused her
father to slip into a self-induced coma. Moved by guilt, and with hopes of jarring her father from his
eternal slumber, Jerri decides to turn her life around by picking it up exactly where she left off – as a
high school freshman. She's going to start her life over, only this time she's going to do the wrong
things the right way.

Once reenrolled in high school, and seeking to find that special thing that will erase thirty-two years of
debauchery, Jerri stumbles upon the school sponsored State Science Fair. Convinced that winning the
fair will resurrect her father, she signs up, expecting an easy stroll down the road to victory. Not
surprisingly, she finds that the path is fraught with the many adolescent problems and temptations that
plague all teenagers, but especially this forty-seven year old former boozer, user and loser.

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Our review:

This is a very funny black comedy, with many twists and turns. Amy Sedaris as Jerri Blank, is hilarious.
Sometimes she does not know which way she is going after being in released from prison. After being
away from home for 32 years she comes back to find her father in a coma and a step-mother. She
moves in and starts high school again. It is just a funny movie and I do not want to give away the many
plots within this film, so you will just have to see it for yourself.

The film also boast of a stellar cast and check your theatre listings to see if it will be playing in your
neighborhood. A film not to be missed!

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