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08/19/08
Harvard Man (2002)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:12
Rotten:24
Average Rating:4.6/10
Consensus: Harvard Man is a pretentious, incoherent mess.
Synopsis: This innovative drama from writer and director James Toback (BUGSY, BLACK AND WHITE) follows the travails of Alan Jensen (Adrian Grenier), a Harvard student determined to live life to the fullest... [More]
Starring: Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Eric Stoltz, Rebecca Gayheart
Director: James Toback
Reviews for Harvard Man
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12/01/07
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02/09/06
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12/06/05
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07/23/05
An overstylized, puréed mélange of sex, psychology, drugs and philosophy. Sometimes entertaining, sometimes indulgent -- but never less than pure wankery.
05/27/03
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12/08/02
Grenier is terrific, bringing an unforced, rapid-fire delivery to Toback’s Heidegger- and Nietzsche-referencing dialogue.
10/28/02
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10/26/02
I think it was Plato who said, 'I think, therefore I know better than to rush to the theatre for this one.'
09/06/02
The attempt is courageous, even if the result is wildly uneven.
09/05/02
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08/31/02
A semi-autobiographical film that's so sloppily written and cast that you cannot believe anyone more central to the creation of Bugsy than the caterer had anything to do with it.
08/30/02
Might have been played as a glum cautionary tale, but in Toback's hands it becomes a lark--flashy, florid and blissfully over-the-top.
08/26/02
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08/23/02
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08/02/02
There's a certain niche audience that will eat up Harvard Man -- but whether that's the mob-movie set, the college-movie set, or the sex-movie set, I really have no idea.
07/30/02
A frustrating 'tweener' -- too slick, contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical, small and decadent for the malls.
07/23/02
If it's seldom boring, well, it's also rarely coherent.
07/15/02
For those who accept the offbeat premise, the film ultimately delivers a satisfying dramatic exploration of the ways we create ourselves.
07/14/02
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