Synopsis
Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years after graduating.
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Cast
- Jason SchwartzmanMarc Pease
- Anna KendrickMeg Brickman
- Ben StillerJon Gribble
- Jay PaulsonGerry
- Cullen MossYoung Father
- B.J. ArnettMrs. Pleased
- Jared GrimesThe Wiz
- Ebon Moss-BachrachGavin
- Gabrielle DennisTracey
- Amber WallaceIlona
Recommendations
- 63
Miami Herald
This is a slight and unessential picture, but its quirky, compassionate tone seems destined to attract a cult following, and members of high-school drama clubs everywhere will be riveted. - 38
Philadelphia Inquirer
Faced with the script's weak humor and feeble stabs at irony, Schwartzman and Stiller turn it way up, setting the dial at "hammy." - 38
Chicago Tribune
Not so much character-driven as character-dragged--against its will. - 33
The A.V. Club
In a squandered lead performance, the adorable, winning Schwartzman plays the non-adorable, non-winning title character. - 30
Variety
The finished product appears particularly stale, with an unfunny script that squanders its game cast, including a valiantly emotive Jason Schwartzman in the title role. - 25
Chicago Sun-Times
It’s badly written and inertly directed, with actors who don’t have a clue what drives their characters. This is one of those rare films that contains no chemistry at all. None. The actors scarcely seem to be in the same scenes together. - 20
Chicago Reader
Those who deem the gentle comedies of Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show) cruel to showbiz dreamers should be subjected to this ugliness.
