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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

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 14 2007 04:08 AM

Time Out

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2.5/4

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Plympton's fourth feature film is also his least inspired, but it's still very much worth a look.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 19 2007 09:20 PM

Combustible Celluloid

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3/4

Gary Goldstein

It's a wickedly fine ensemble and Plympton gives everyone free rein, which is no surprise from the creator of this irreverent, freewheeling delight.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 13 2007 05:56 PM

Reel.com

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3.5/5

Michael Ordoña

Hair High is not for everyone, but it's not like anything else out right now.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 12 2007 06:22 PM

Los Angeles Times

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Ernest Hardy

It’s gross-out fare of the highest caliber.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 12 2007 11:36 AM

L.A. Weekly

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3/4

Michael Booth

Rarely is filmmaking of any kind this exuberant, this inventive or this entertaining.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 09 2007 02:42 PM

Denver Post

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2/4

Jeff Vice

It's probably time for Plympton -- who's been making films for nearly 30 years -- to try to do something a little loftier.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 12 2007 02:59 PM

Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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3/4

Sean Means

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 12 2007 12:57 PM

Salt Lake Tribune

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3/4

Wesley Morris

Much of the visual comedy comes from the incongruous proportions of the bodies: skinny legs and puffed-out chests.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 01 2006 03:26 PM

Boston Globe

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2/4

Phil Villarreal

The film spoils itself %u2014 and not in the way Plympton has spoiled his fans so much before.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 23 2006 07:30 PM

Arizona Daily Star

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Dennis Harvey

An amusing send-up of late '50s/early '60s high-school melodramas and teen-tragedy pop hits.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 19 2006 06:07 PM

Variety

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2/4

Maitland McDonagh

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2006 04:24 PM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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3/4

Stephen Whitty

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 18 2006 12:03 PM

Newark Star-Ledger

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4/5

Neil Genzlinger

In the gleefully outrageous animated feature Hair High, director Bill Plympton walks the border between ridiculously gross and outright offensive.

comment Comment | Oct., 18 2006 12:01 PM

New York Times

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Joshua Land

Too glib to qualify as satire, Hair High nails the high school experience.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 17 2006 01:20 PM

Village Voice

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1/4

Tom Keogh

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 24 2006 03:32 PM

Seattle Times

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Sean Axmaker

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...

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 23 2006 11:44 PM

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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4/5

Eric Campos

Just remember all of the anxieties you had in high school and apply them to Plympton’s twisted gray matter.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 17 2004 08:38 AM

Film Threat

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4/5

Scott Weinberg

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.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 06 2004 08:25 PM

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