HairBrained

"This is Eli Pettifog. He's got a score to settle, and it's going to get hairy."

May 31 2013 PG-13 1h 37m
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A fourteen-year-old genius gets rejected by Harvard and ends up at a much lower ranked school where he makes friends with a mature student.

Plot

When 14-year-old genius/outcast Eli Pettifog is rejected from Harvard, he ends up at Ivy League wannabe Whittman College. It's hate at first sight. At Whittman, Eli meets 41-year-old freshman Leo Searly. Leo, a gambler whose world has imploded, has dropped out of life to enroll in college. This odd duo becomes unlikely friends.

Written by

Adam Wierzbianski, Sarah Bird, Billy Kent

Directed by

Billy Kent

Cast

Alex Wolff, Parker Posey, Brendan Fraser

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Love Lane Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins

Trailers
Hairbrained trailer
Scores
# of Votes
2,438
Average Rating
5.4 out of 10
Metascore
48
Popularity
NA