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Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2007)

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Reviews Counted:6

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Rotten:3

Average Rating:5.8/10

Runtime: 80 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Bickford Schmeckler might be a little weird and live in a house full of party-crazed college kids, but he's got some rather "cool ideas." He writes them all down in his special notebooks, and... Bickford Schmeckler might be a little weird and live in a house full of party-crazed college kids, but he's got some rather "cool ideas." He writes them all down in his special notebooks, and they're so cool, so groundbreaking, that everyone who reads them is amazed and their lives are altered. The problem is that the notebooks have been stolen. The bigger problem is that he's falling in love with the thief as she spills his best secrets. Clever, romantic, and at times full of good old-fashioned, beer-drinking college humor, this sleeper comedy is part physics, part keg-party fun. [More]

Starring: Patrick Fugit, Olivia Wilde, Matthew Lillard

Starring: Patrick Fugit, Olivia Wilde, Matthew Lillard

Director: Scott Lew

Director: Scott Lew

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What should be the American Pie of college genius comedies suffers from a lack of imagination and an absence of impudence...

Full Review Source: MSN.com | comment Comment
10/01/07
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
MSN.com

It's the sort of small-scale comedy that invites multiple viewings.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
10/01/07
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

Bickford is an assured first feature for former Beacon Pictures exec Lew, with a winning cast and an infectious spirit.

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03/24/06
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle

The film's early momentum wears off, and we realize the movie's not as amusing or entertaining as it wants to be.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
04/17/06
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Director Scott Lew is not without his own cool ideas (having Reno 911's Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon play campus cops is genius), but his focus is all over the place

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
05/24/07
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Packing quite a bit of wit, wisdom, craziness, and creativity into its slick-looking and efficient frame, Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas is a bizarrely charming little diversion.

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03/19/06
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
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