Adrian Grenier,
Sarah Michelle Gellar,
Joey Lauren Adams,
Eric Stoltz,
Rebecca Gayheart
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Director and screenwriter James Toback used his own experiences as a college student in the 1960s as the basis for this drama about a present-day student athlete who's bitten off more than he can chew... read more
DVD Release Date: November 5, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (273)
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January 7, 2008Not all that good. I liked the actors but the characters were not likable and I ended up not caring what happened more and more as I watched it.
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June 10, 2007SMG fans will be dissapointed with this. A very odd film each which a student gets mixed up in trying to throw a basketball game in which to make money for himself and his mobster daughter, girlfriend.
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October 28, 2007Lots of sex, deception and an adventurous storyline. Even if you don't like the plot, which involves a manipulative FBI investigation and a points-shaving scam, you'd enjoy the hilarious 'acid trip' scenes.
Grenier, Adams and Stoltz are very convincing, yet there are a few prete... read more -
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March 13, 2006Drug usage in films makes me sick....and in real life too. I think I fell asleep somewhere towards the end. Only good line was when SMG told the other girl to "Suck my dick".
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June 3, 2010What a piece of garbage. Possibly the worst directing I have ever seen. The story was stupid, the writing weak, and the characters annoying.
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January 5, 2010it's probably been 6 or 7 years since i've seen this. i know i only rented it b/c of adrian grenier...and i vaguely recall it being both strange and unspectacular. i'll give an extra half of a star based on my shitty memory.
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August 20, 2009The story is good i think, there are many good about it. A son who care about his parents and of course some bad things happen into his life.
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March 14, 2008There's an interesting scene when Adrian Grenier is on drugs and the camera shows the world around him in an odd distorted view. Cool camera work.
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November 10, 2007Wow, you've gotta be kidding me. This movie was... scary, really.
For one who hates too much psychology.
For a few minutes it painted a REAL picture of drugs... as neurotic and absolutely not worth it.
But then the ending. Uggg. Just a sad, sad movie. I hate that this goes o... read more
Critic Reviews
September 5, 2002
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
July 13, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
What makes the movie work is that the premise, which sounds like a comedy, is treated with the seriousness of life and death. Full Review
July 11, 2002
Loren King, Chicago Tribune
Toback offers a complex, borderline campy, and oddly entertaining study of modern moral dilemmas. Full Review
July 9, 2002
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
A crisply made movie that is no more than mildly amusing. Full Review
July 2, 2002
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
A characteristically engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie. Full Review
July 2, 2002
Michael Rechtshaffen, Hollywood Reporter
Putting it all out there and shaping it into some kind of contained whole is something else again. Although that never quite happens here, there's plenty to appreciate.
July 1, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
In a summer of clones, Harvard Man is something rare and riveting: a wild ride that relies on more than special effects.
July 1, 2002
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
This movie is so bad, that it's almost worth seeing because it's so bad. Full Review
June 28, 2002
Gene Seymour, Newsday
By turns pretentious, fascinating, ludicrous, provocative and vainglorious. Full Review
June 28, 2002
Megan Turner, New York Post
A reality-snubbing hodgepodge.
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