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Harold (2008)

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Reviews Counted:15

Fresh:4

Rotten:11

Average Rating:4/10

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual content, language and teen drinking.

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jul 11, 2008 Limited

Starring: Cuba Gooding, Spencer Breslin, Ally Sheedy, Stella Maeve

Starring: Cuba Gooding, Spencer Breslin, Ally Sheedy, Stella Maeve, Nicole Blonsky, Fred Willard, Rachel Dratch, Chris Parnell, Colin Quinn, Dave Attell

Director: , T. Sean Shannon

Director: , T. Sean Shannon
Screenwriter: T. Sean Shannon, Greg Fields
Studio: City Lights Pictures

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confidently struts along, seemingly unaware of its lackluster script and distinct lack of professionalism.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
10/01/08
Norm Schrager
Norm Schrager
Filmcritic.com

While the script never gels into anything worthy of the peculiar premise, Harold is still worth seeing for Breslin's marvelously weird performance.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
09/11/08
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

A terminally lame puberty comedy about a prematurely bald 13-year-old.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
07/22/08
Ronnie Scheib
Ronnie Scheib
Variety
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Has a wan sweetness to it which helps it through its more forced and obvious patches, of which there are many.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
07/14/08
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Harold is a genuine oddity that's more watchable than it sounds.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
07/11/08
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Shot and lit like a mediocre TV show, the sporadically amusing Harold is a true Blockbuster contender, that is for the bargain bins of the video store. And soon.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
07/11/08
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Boxoffice Magazine

There's little indication, beyond the endlessly unfunny school humiliations and fogey-dom signposts (ha ha, he uses Old Spice), that the notion of a preteen codger is worth our sympathies.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
07/11/08
Robert Abele
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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Breslin is the best thing about this myopic comedy that doesn't even get any humorous traction from the stereotypes it presses through its low-fidelity independent film filter.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
07/11/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Harold is the type of one-note dead zone ideally suited for a bathroom break while sitting home on a Saturday night, alone and semidrunk, in front of the television.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
07/11/08
Nathan Lee
Nathan Lee
New York Times
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An outsider adolescent sinks in a sea of troubles in this wobbly comedy.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
07/10/08
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

The long stretches of dead air that, it can only be assumed, were supposed to be filled by laughter provide ample time for pondering what audience Harold, T. Sean Shannon's strenuously stale comedy, was intended to find.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
07/10/08
Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange
Village Voice
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Aside from a few smart tweaks, the film doesn’t subvert the genre but rather falls afoul of it.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
07/09/08
Anna King
Anna King
Time Out New York

The presence of Cuba Gooding Jr. in this odd little indie comedy should set off early alarm bells.

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07/08/08
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

Abigail's older brother Spencer Breslin, does his own magnificent Little Mister Sunshine leading boy thing. Harold, a kinder, gentler Superbad minus the talking dirty teen motormouths. Move over, Judd Apatow.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
07/05/08
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

The low-budget high-school comedy is no 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' but should provide for not only laughs but some insight into the life of a smart, 13-year-old outsider.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
06/28/08
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve
 
 
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