Hair Brained

Hair Brained is a 2013 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Billy Kent, and starring Brendan Fraser and Alex Wolff.

Plot

After being rejected from Harvard University, 14-year old genius and outcast Eli Pettifog finds himself at Whittman College, an Ivy League wannabe. Eli, the hair brained meets 41-year-old freshman Leo Searly, a gambler whose world has imploded and has dropped out of life to enroll in college. The odd duo becomes unlikely friends in this comedic coming-of-age film.

Cast

Brendan Fraser as Leo Searly
Alex Wolff as Eli Pettifog
Parker Posey as Sheila Pettifog
Julia Garner as Shauna Holder
Michael Oberholtzer as Laird
Greta Lee as Gertrude Lee
Teddy Bergman as Alan Warren
Robin de Jesús as Romeo Torres
Elisabeth Hower as Eve Hansen
Austin Pendleton as Dapper Man
Toby Huss as Whittman Moderator / Brad the Announcer
Josefina Scaglione as Camilla
Kimiko Glenn as Perky Girl
Fred Melamed as Benny Greenberg
Lizzy DeClement as Sophie Searly

Reception

On Screen Anarchy, Andrew Mack wrote that "not all of the humor hit its mark For the most part, it is a pleasant film to watch and is charming in its own right." Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com awarded the film 1/4 stars calling it a "painfully contrived and self-consciously quirky from the word go."