Synopsis
College has always been a time for experimentation, sexual, cultural and otherwise. "Harvard Man" plays out against a background of love, sex, basketball, crime and experimentation. Action and philosophy in young people's quest to discover their true identity.
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Cast
- Sarah Michelle GellarCindy Bandolini
- Adrian GrenierAlan Jensen
- Joey Lauren AdamsChesney Cort
- Eric StoltzTeddy Carter
- Rebecca GayheartKelly Morgan
- John NevilleDr. Reese
- Gianni RussoAndrew Bandolini
- Michael AparoRussell
- Scottie EpsteinMario
- Polly ShannonJuliet
Recommandations
- 80
Rolling Stone
In a summer of clones, Harvard Man is something rare and riveting: a wild ride that relies on more than special effects. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
How can one man juggle two women, possible expulsion, Mafia baseball bats and the meaning of life, while on acid? This is the kind of question only a Toback film thinks to ask, let alone answer. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Adams sparkles with quick-mindedness and verbal agility. This is a worthy and underused talent. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The first half of this freewheeling comedy-drama finds Toback at his imaginative best. The second half sinks into silliness. - 70
The New York Times
Mr. Toback uses his improbable, conventional story as the trelliswork for a series of wild and florid riffs about sex, ethics and the delirium of renegade moviemaking. - 50
New Times (L.A.)
Toback has taken a distinctly '60s-ish personal experience and done his best to transplant it into the current, vastly different, cultural milieu. Harvard Man is a semi-throwback, a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality. - 50
Chicago Reader
The film suffers from clunky smart-aleck dialogue and an overabundance of jump cuts and crane shots, and despite its libertine air, Toback repeatedly cautions that acid is a fast track to insanity, especially in combination with Heidegger and Wittgenstein. - 50
New York Daily News
Sillier than it is clever, and Toback's self-indulgence is tiresome. He's a genuine auteur, all right, but his life and the funky tastes that inspire him are just not as interesting as he thinks they are.
