Hair Brained
{{short description|2013 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Hair Brained
| image = Hair Brained poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| director = Billy Kent
| producer = Sarah Bird
Billy Kent
Avram Ludwig
| screenplay = Adam Wierzbianski
| story = Adam Wierzbianski
Sarah Bird
Billy Kent
| starring = {{Plain list |
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| music = The Newton Brothers
| cinematography = Charlie Libin
| editing = Paul Bertino
| studio = Love Lane Pictures
| distributor = Vertical Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2013|5|31|Brooklyn}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Hair Brained is a 2013 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Billy Kent, and starring Brendan Fraser and Alex Wolff.{{cite web|last=Bale|first=Miriam|title=Child Genius Meets Middle-Age Kid|date=27 February 2014|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/movies/hairbrained-puts-brendan-fraser-back-in-school.html?partner=rss&emc=rss|accessdate=12 November 2019|archive-date=October 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004155012/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/28/movies/hairbrained-puts-brendan-fraser-back-in-school.html?partner=rss&emc=rss|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|title=Film Review: 'HairBrained'|date=27 February 2014|publisher=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-hairbrained-1201123021/|accessdate=12 November 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112161702/https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-hairbrained-1201123021/|url-status=live}}
Plot
After being rejected from Harvard University, 14-year old genius and outcast Eli Pettifog (Alex Wolff) finds himself at Whittman College, an Ivy League wannabe. Eli, the hair brained meets 41-year-old freshman Leo Searly (Brendan Fraser), a gambler whose world has imploded and has dropped out of life to enroll in college. The odd duo becomes unlikely friends in this comedic coming-of-age film.
Cast
- Brendan Fraser as Leo Searly
- Alex Wolff as Eli Pettifog
- Parker Posey as Sheila Pettifog
- Julia Garner as Shauna Holder
- Michael Oberholtzer as Laird
- Greta Lee as Gertrude Lee
- Teddy Bergman as Alan Warren
- Robin de Jesús as Romeo Torres
- Elisabeth Hower as Eve Hansen
- Austin Pendleton as Dapper Man
- Toby Huss as Whittman Moderator / Brad the Announcer
- Josefina Scaglione as Camilla
- Kimiko Glenn as Perky Girl
- Fred Melamed as Benny Greenberg
- Lizzy DeClement as Sophie Searly
Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 22% based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 3.89/10.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hairbrained|title=HairBrained (2014)|publisher=|accessdate=24 May 2020|via=www.rottentomatoes.com|archive-date=August 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820105716/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hairbrained|url-status=live}} Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com awarded the film one star.{{cite web|last=Lemire|first=Christy|title=HairBrained|date=28 February 2014|publisher=RogerEbert.com|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hairbrained-2014|accessdate=12 November 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112132757/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hairbrained-2014|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1426363}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|hairbrained}}
Category:2010s fantasy comedy-drama films
Category:American fantasy comedy-drama films
Category:Films scored by the Newton Brothers
Category:Vertical Entertainment films