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Stealing Harvard (2002)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 7/18

7/18: I wish to assign Bruce McCulloch, the director of Stealing Harvard, a 5,000-word essay on the definition of comedy.

When I saw the movie, I was like, "Huh? Where's the funny stuff?" Poor Tom Green who has to stretch so much to squeeze a bit out of comedy, however little there is. I'll say he was impressive enough to put up a brave front despite looking stupid. If Tom Green had better material to work with like Road Trip, it would've succeeded.

What the heck? Why is Dennis Farina in this stupid mindless movie? Sporting an awful tan and an eyeliner, he has fallen so far after appearing in some hard-core stuff during the 80's. He was once the Hillside Strangler and worked in the Chicago Police Department for eighteen years.

Ditto for John C. McGinley, an Oliver Stone regular. Why the hell is he an imitation of Lex Luthor? I hate Jason Lee, and he's not a funny guy. It isn't the script that failed him but how he can never generate any energy. His co-star Leslie Mann is a icky guy. By the way, Tom Green's character was right when he had an argument with Elaine about the origin of the cheese Gruyère. It was named after the town of Gruyères in the district of Gruyère which is located in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland, not France.

All in all, if Stealing Harvard ran any longer, it would've received an easy '1' from me.

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