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Hair High (2006)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:14
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.6/10
Runtime: 78 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: "Hair High" is a gothic high-school comedy with a "Carrie"-like story. Cherri and Rod are the high-school king and queen and they justifiably rule their domain. Spud, the new kid in town,... "Hair High" is a gothic high-school comedy with a "Carrie"-like story. Cherri and Rod are the high-school king and queen and they justifiably rule their domain. Spud, the new kid in town, accidentally offends both Cherri and Rod and so is forced to become Cherri's slave. Naturally, they immediately hate each other but of course later they fall in love. Cherri and Spud secretly decide to go to the prom together, and on prom night a rejected Rod forces their car off the road and into the lake. In true 50's ballad style, their car sinks to the bottom of the lake as they share one last kiss. While the bodies of Cherri and Spud lie in a timeless embrace, Rod is successful in thwarting any investigation and is able to get away with murder. On the night of the following year's prom, the car magically comes to life and slowly drives out of the lake with Cherri and Spud, as if nothing had happened, only this time their bodies are in an advanced state of decomposition. Their rusty and water-logged car drives to the prom and just as Rod is about to crown himself new king of the prom, Cherri and Spud enter the ballroom - the spotlight follows them as they cross the dance floor, with all the attendees in shock. As they approach the stage, spiders, bugs, snakes, lizards and fish ooze from their sagging skin and skeletal bodies, and the prom attendees freak as they mount the stairs to the stage. Spud takes the crown from Rod's head and places it on Cherri as the animals attack and devour Rod. This humorous gothic tale will appeal to the same crowd that loved "Scream" and "Scary Movie", the age bracket is 15-30. Completion is planned for late 2003 or early 2004 - it will be a 35mm film, approximately 75 min. -- © Bill Plympton [More]
Director: Bill Plympton
Director: Bill Plympton
Reviews for Hair High
The film spoils itself %u2014 and not in the way Plympton has spoiled his fans so much before.
Much of the visual comedy comes from the incongruous proportions of the bodies: skinny legs and puffed-out chests.
Plympton's fourth feature film is also his least inspired, but it's still very much worth a look.
Rarely is filmmaking of any kind this exuberant, this inventive or this entertaining.
It's probably time for Plympton -- who's been making films for nearly 30 years -- to try to do something a little loftier.
Hair High is the actually the artist's most cohesive 'story' to date...which means it's only about 35% weirder than any other sort of animation out there.
Just remember all of the anxieties you had in high school and apply them to Plympton’s twisted gray matter.
Hair High is not for everyone, but it's not like anything else out right now.
In the gleefully outrageous animated feature Hair High, director Bill Plympton walks the border between ridiculously gross and outright offensive.
None of this is for kids, and the way Plympton works clearly isn't for studios. It's just for grown-up fans of eye-catching animation.
It's a wickedly fine ensemble and Plympton gives everyone free rein, which is no surprise from the creator of this irreverent, freewheeling delight.
With sharp animation, funny gags and catchy songs, Hair High plays like the weirdest, and improbably sweetest, send-up of Grease you'll ever see.
When Plympton's freak flag flies, Hair High delivers the same whacked-out weirdness of his shorts. The rest of the film simply stretches out the simple premise...
Demonstrates the problem with taking a singular animated style -- best seen in witty, small doses -- and extending it to a 78-minute feature that taxes one's patience.
The monstrous images that are so effective in Plympton's short Plymptoons can be unpleasant at feature length and eventually overwhelm what is, at heart, a Grease-like teen–movie parody.
An amusing send-up of late '50s/early '60s high-school melodramas and teen-tragedy pop hits.
Too glib to qualify as satire, Hair High nails the high school experience.
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