It's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script, but here's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role.
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09/13/02
Stealing Harvard (2002)
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Reviews Counted:102
Fresh:8
Rotten:94
Average Rating:3.2/10
Consensus: There are laughs Stealing Harvard, but they are few and far between. Tom Green's antics grow old fast.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Jason Lee plays a well-intentioned Everyman who is forced into a life of crime in STEALING HARVARD. Engaged to the beautiful Elaine (Leslie Mann) and saving up to buy their dream house, John (Lee)... [More]
Starring: Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann, Dennis Farina
Director: Bruce McCulloch
Reviews for Stealing Harvard
If McCulloch keeps cranking out mediocre comedies like this, fans will start to give up on him.
09/13/02
Two idiots embark on a life of crime to help a deserving teenager attend Harvard in this lowbrow...comedy.
09/13/02
Green distracted from what could have been a pretty mediocre film.
09/12/02
A shame that Stealing Harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating, boring, and forgettable.
09/12/02
It's all pretty tame. The most offensive thing about the movie is that Hollywood expects people to pay to see it.
09/12/02
It even survives the usually damning presence of Tom Green, who is only mildly annoying rather than infuriating.
09/12/02
There are a few chuckles, but not a single gag sequence that really scores, and the stars seem to be in two different movies.
09/12/02
Although it offers a few amusing moments here and there, for the most part this comedy isn't smart enough to pass muster, let alone graduate to any sort of accolades.
09/12/02
To get to the comic gold in Stealing Harvard, you have to sift through a lot of gravel.
09/12/02
[Jason Lee] is the one good reason to watch this farce. Green is one of many good reasons to avoid it.
09/12/02
A film with some decent talent but few laughs.
09/12/02
Stealing Harvard is an act of grand theft -- the way it wastes your time is a crime.
09/12/02
Top CriticSeems destined to flop both in theaters and in ancillary manifestations.
09/12/02
Top CriticWhile the material is slight, the movie is better than you might think.
09/12/02
Green might want to hang onto that ski mask, as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project.
09/12/02
While Stealing Harvard is far from a great movie, it’s Tom Green’s best so far.
09/12/02
Some actors steal scenes. Tom Green just gives them a bad odor. This self-infatuated goofball is far from the only thing wrong with the clumsy comedy Stealing Harvard, but he's the most obvious one.
09/12/02
Can you imagine a dull comedy staring Tom Green? Unfortunately Stealing Harvard is that movie.
09/12/02
Another boorish movie from the I-heard-a-joke- at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting.
09/11/02
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