Stealing Harvard Popular Comedy Film

Directed by Bruce McCulloch, Stealing Harvard film is about a man, who has to resort to criminal methods of acquiring money to pay for his nieces Harvard tuition. The film was released in the year 2002 and was produced by Susan Cavan. The films cast includes Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann, Tammy Blanchard etc. Tom Green was nominated for Worst Supporting Actor in 2002, Golden Raspberry Awards for this movie.

The film Stealing Harvard is a crime film with adequate comic sequences which makes the movie humorous as well. The film revolves around the character of John Plummer (Jason Lee). John and Duff are best of friends but in nature are very different from each other. While John is a nice and hard-working guy, Duff is an under-achiever and a bad influence. John is in long time relationship with his girlfriend, Elaine. They both decide to marry only when they have saved $30,000 for their dream House.

In the film, Stealing Harvard, John and Elaine finally manage to save money after years of struggle. Their dream of owning a house is shattered when Johns sister brings unbelievable news. She reminds John about his promise to pay for his nieces tuition at Harvard, who has been accepted at the University. Her tuition fees costs up to $29,879. They have to pay the fees within a time span of two weeks. John is unable to tell this to Elaine as she would be disheartened.

The film, Stealing Harvard then takes a new turn, in which John turns to his friend Duff for helping him to raise funds. Duff convinces him to commit short-term petty crimes. But all these schemes get busted and John gets arrested. He later confesses to his girlfriend and she gets more impressed with him. In the end, john finally manages to raise the funds by gambling $1000 on horse racing, which was given to him by Duff.

The film Stealing Harvard opened to mixed reviews amongst the critics and the box-office. Some critics and viewers ripped the film apart. Some were even of the view that the film was as most of the cases, a limp comedy. Some said it was a complete waste of time and money. The movie was also condemned as more stinky than the lowest standards of late summer movie garbage.

The story of the film Stealing Harvard was written by Martin Hynes and Peter Tolan, who also wrote the screenplay. The wok of Tom Green and Jason Lee was quite appreciated by the audience especially the comic scenes. However it was not one of their best of roles. Tom Green was also nominated in the category of Worst Supporting Actor at the Razzie Awards 2003. Imdb

Stealing Harvard Popular Comedy Film