Stealing Harvard

Name: Stealing Harvard
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Released: September 13, 2002
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 25
Cast: Jason Lee, Tom Green

2002

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 13, 2002 | PG-13

Starring: Jason Lee, Tom Green

Summary: A man (Lee) turns to a life of crime to pay for his niece's first year at Harvard College.

Director: Bruce McCulloch

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Crime

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 85 min

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Carrie Rickey

While Stealing Harvard may be a chucklehead comedy, Lee is oddly touching and funny. Mostly because, unlike Green, he's not aggressively trying to make us laugh. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson

No one in a McCulloch movie is ever normal -- most of the humor comes from characters saying or doing the weirdest thing you could possibly come up with in any given circumstance, and if that kind of humor's your bag, there's frequently a lot to enjoy in the bizarre antics of Green and Jason Lee,

Michael O'Sullivan

Lee's understated performance is a small treat. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

Two idiots embark on a life of crime to help a deserving teenager attend Harvard in this lowbrow but generally sweet-natured comedy. Read full review

Bruce Fretts

It doesn't help that most of the jokes (like a rip-off of ''There's Something About Mary'''s dog-in-the-crotch bit) are themselves stolen. Read full review

Roger Ebert

It has no edge, no hunger to be better than it is. It ambles pleasantly through its inanity, like a guest happy to be at a boring party. Read full review

Kimberley Jones

With all the wrong Stealing Harvard has done, it at least bestows one gift upon its audience: the gift of forgettableness. Read full review

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Adi

Nov 21, 2005

I found this film hilarious, tom green's got a bad reputation through alot of uptight critics, but i think his exentric stupidity is comedy bliss, a must buy, it'l make you cry with laughter.

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Homebody101

Dec 5, 2021

Comedy is subjective and jokes land differently for each person. This movie does feel relatively cheap & at times slow but the premise is good and the jokes are hilarious for the right crowd. A personal favorite & a must see for any Tom Green or Jason Lee fans.

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Aug 11, 2006

There really is only one problem with this film: it's not funny. The jokes are lame and predictable, the acting is awful (with one or two exceptions) and the effects are lackluster. Stay away.

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