Rotten
A campus comedy that tries to transcend its many formulaic elements with an insufficient dose of absurdism.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Hairbrained
This is Eli Pettifog. He's got a score to settle, and it's going to get hairy.
2013 · 1h 37m · PG-13
Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by
Billy Kent
Overview
A fourteen-year-old genius gets rejected by Harvard and ends up at a much lower ranked school where he makes friends with a mature student.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
24%
Tomatometer
Rotten
"HairBrained" is painfully contrived and self-consciously quirky from the word go.
Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com
Rotten
Unfortunately, the movie lacks strong enough players to fill in subtext to Mr. Kent's formulaic setups, and the story flounders once Ms. Posey is out of the picture.
Miriam Bale, New York Times
Rotten
Aside from some nice autumnal shots of Ivy League college campuses, there's nothing in HairBrained to sustain much interest.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
Early potential fizzles away too quickly in this underachieving buddy comedy, which just barely skids along on the charm of its co-stars.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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