Stealing Harvard (2002)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Bruce McCulloch

Writers (WGA):

Martin Hynes (story) and
Peter Tolan (story) ...

Release Date:

13 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Their intentions were honorable. Their methods were criminal.

Plot:

A middle-class man turns to a life of crime in order to finance his niece's first year at Harvard University.

Plot Keywords:

Harvard | Scheme | Promise | Workout Video | Brother Sister Relationship

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jason Lee	...	John Plummer
Tom Green	...	Walter P. 'Duff' Duffy
Leslie Mann	...	Elaine Warner
Dennis Farina	...	Mr. Warner
Megan Mullally	...	Patty Plummer
John C. McGinley	...	Detective Charles
Tammy Blanchard	...	Noreen Plummer
Chris Penn	...	David Loach
Richard Jenkins	...	Honorable Emmett Cook
Seymour Cassel	...	Uncle Jack
Zeus	...	Rex
Ken Magee	...	Butcher
Martin Starr	...	Liquor Store Clerk
Mary Gillis	...	Duff's Mom
Bruce McCulloch	...	Fidio the Lawyer

Also Known As:

Say Uncle (USA) (working title)
Stealing Stanford (USA) (working title)
The Promise (USA) (working title)
Uncle (USA) (working title)
You Promised (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and drug references.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Canada:PG | Denmark:7 | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38106) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

'Owen Wilson' was originally set to play Duff.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Duff shows John his new "camp out" home and they are drinking beers, John opens his beer twice.

Quotes:

Duff: See those dead plants? I planted those.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Nothing Frequency

It's final...This has been the last Tom Green movie I will ever see!

I have never expected much from Tom Green, and after seeing his first box office crash FREDDY GOT FINGERED, I wasn't going to this movie with very high expectations. As a matter of fact, I would have given it some credit if it could make the audience laugh without using some dull and overdrawn, over the top joke.

This movie with its premise, could have been a decently entertaining, however, Tom Green had to be in it. Tom has no sense of what is funny, and like in FREDDY, he comes off as a lame, low-life who cannot execute one funny joke. The times that were supposed to be funny were just shameful. Other characters played by Jason Lee, Leslie Mann, and Dennis Farina, were a waste of good talent. None of them were allowed to develop on their characters and thus join Tom Green as pointless and lame.

When it comes to movies like these, I ask myself one question, "How in the heck to these movies make it into theaters?"

This cheesy, waste of money that could have been better spent tied in a bag and thrown out a window, of a movie should have never made the final cut. Bye Tom, figure it out, the people of America want something with some content, not some toilet trash.

I give this piece of garbage a 1/10