Hairbrained
This is Eli Pettifog. He's got a score to settle, and it's going to get hairy.
2013 | 97m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Billy Kent |
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| Writer: | Billy Kent, Sarah Bird, Adam Wierzbianski |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 25, 2013 |
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| Director: | Billy Kent |
| Writer: | Billy Kent, Sarah Bird, Adam Wierzbianski |
| Genres: | Comedy, Fantasy |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Love Lane Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Brendan Fraser | Leo Searly |
| Alex Wolff | Eli Pettifog |
| Julia Garner | Shauna |
| Parker Posey | Sheila Pettifog |
| Michael Oberholtzer | Laird |
| Greta Lee | Gertrude |
| Teddy Bergman | Alan |
| Elisabeth Hower | Eve |
| Josefina Scaglione | Camilla |
| Austin Pendleton | Dapper Man |
| Toby Huss | Whittman Moderator / Brad the Announcer |
| Robin de Jesús | Romeo Torres |
| Curtis Gillen | Harvard One |
| A.J. Shively | Harvard Two |
| Kevin-Alan Daniels | Harvard Three |
| Nilaja Sun | Skidmore Moderator |
| Ash Christian | Cole |
| Lizzy DeClement | Sophie Searly |
| Fred Melamed | Benny Greenberg |
| Colman Domingo | Finals Moderator |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Shoemaker | First Assistant Director |
| Andrew Grush | Music |
| Roy Farfel | Stunts |
| Manny Siverio | Stunt Coordinator |
| Taylor Stewart | Music |
| Billy Kent | Director, Story |
| Sarah Bird | Story |
| Adam Wierzbianski | Story, Screenplay |
| Dominick Tavella | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Jordan Bell | Key Grip |
| Jessica Toth | Makeup Artist |
| Josh Liebling | Assistant Editor |
| Stuart Stanley | Foley Editor |
| Amanda Williams | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Johnny Lala | Leadman |
| Scott Kuzio | Set Decoration |
| Mele Nagler | Casting |
| Charles Zalben | First Assistant Director |
| David Caparelliotis | Casting |
| Priscilla Richardson | Studio Teacher |
| Matt Marks | Property Master |
| Paul Bertino | Editor |
| Elisabeth Vastola | Costume Design |
| Brenda Bush Johannesen | Makeup Department Head |
| Shiloh Kidd | Art Direction |
| T.J. Alston | Gaffer |
| Stephen Troy | Electrician |
| Mike Frank | Dialogue Editor |
| Joe Gaffney | Still Photographer |
| Tom Villano | Music Supervisor |
| Michael Hosenfeld | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Zoe Zimet | Set Dresser |
| Matthew F. Preston | Production Supervisor |
| Stratton Bailey | Dolly Grip |
| Harris Karlin | Boom Operator |
| Christopher Raymond | First Assistant Camera |
| Pamela Rook | Script Supervisor |
| Emma Berliner | Assistant Property Master |
| Charles Libin | Director of Photography |
| Chris Trujillo | Production Design |
| Peter Milmoe | Best Boy Electric |
| Jason Wofsey | Studio Teacher |
| Eric Janssen | Stunt Driver |
| Abigail Benavides | Graphic Designer |
| Layna Roberts | Hairstylist |
| Dave Lawrence | Music Editor |
| Kyle Porter | Boom Operator |
| Esther Ahn | Hair Department Head |
| Glenfield Payne | Foley Editor |
| Marc Slanger | Set Dresser |
| Heather Gross | Sound Effects Editor |
| David Meade | Location Manager |
| Chris Wade | Additional Construction |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't sincerely recommend. I like Brendan Fraser well enough and he nailed it in this support role, but Alex Wolff pretty much carries the movie, playing off of everyone else wonderfully. It is rare to have a collegiate coming of age story, but the ... y managed to cover the idiosyncrasies of a young genius in a new world quite well. What really breaks me from the movie is the slew of crimes being committed against Eli as he is 13-14 years old. The other thing is that trivia isn't the most exciting thing, as exampled by the movie. They could have easily done an applied science competition that would have been a bit more compelling. While I don't regret watching this subtle, slice of life story, there just isn't much to say about it: just very little payoff.