Saturday, January 17, 2009

Hair loss can be funny


1. "Harold"
What a wonderful premise, a bald 13-year old. I'm serious. It's a good idea. An instantly alone protagonist in a comedy. It could eliminate 20 minutes of back story. It didn't. Instead, the film makes our hero, Harold, into a old man, just because he's bald. He has bunions and dresses frumpy. There's no reason for the overkill. He still likes girls his age, but he has bunions. Why does he have to have bunions?

"Harold" doesn't really go anywhere. From the twenty minute mark you know what's going to happen and how it's going to happen.

I wanted to like this film. I like Rachel Dratch and Colin Quinn and Dave Attell and most of the cast with cameos. I don't know what went wrong. It just doesn't make sense.

Not a good way to start the year.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi Brandon,
The photo looks really funny. Most of them weep after losing their hair. 90% of individuals face hair loss issues. So it is vital that you take proper care of your hair.