Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Colin Hanks | ... | Shaun Brumder | |
Jack Black | ... | Lance Brumder | |
Schuyler Fisk | ... | Ashley | |
Bret Harrison | ... | Lonny (as Brett Harrison) | |
Kyle Howard | ... | Arlo | |
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R.J. Knoll | ... | Chad (as RJ Knoll) |
Catherine O'Hara | ... | Cindy Beugler | |
Mike White | ... | Mr. Burke | |
John Lithgow | ... | Bud Brumder | |
Lily Tomlin | ... | Charlotte Cobb | |
George Murdock | ... | Bob Beugler | |
Lillian Hurst | ... | Lupe | |
Chevy Chase | ... | Principal Harbert | |
Olivia Rosewood | ... | Dana | |
Carly Pope | ... | Tanya |
Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends the wrong application. So, Shaun goes to great lengths with a little help from his girlfriend Ashley and his drugged-out loser brother Lance to get into Stanford any way they see fit. Written by Matthew Patay
** 1/2
Starring: Colin Hanks, Schuyler Fisk, Jack Black, and Catherine O' Hara.
A smart teenager's transcript is switched with the wrong guy, and when it's sent to Stanford, guess who gets accepted. That's right, the guy who didn't even apply there. The over-achieving genius and his drug-addicted brother travel to Stanford to get things straight and get him into college.
Jack Black and Colin Hanks do the best they can to make this blue comedy funny. When I say it's blue in comedy, I mean it lacks it. The movie has a funny plot and funny cameos, but it isn't funny enough to give the film three stars.
It's close, but not quite.