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Hair High

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Animation  |  Comedy  |  Horror  |  Romance

Written by: Bill Plympton

Directed by: Bill Plympton

Release Date:
Theatrical: October 18, 2006

Running Time: 78 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Dermot Mulroney, Zak Orth, Sarah Silverman, Justin Long, Eric Gilliland, Tom Noonan, Beverly D'Angelo, Craig Bierko, Keith Carradine, and Michael Showalter

Cartoonist Bill Plympton's Hair High is a gothic high-school comedy with a "Carrie"-like story.

What The Critics Said

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80

Film Threat Eric Campos

It's pretty basic here. You have a Bill Plympton movie. You know what to expect – complete rampant insanity from the mind of a mad genius.

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75

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

If Plympton is making pastiche, he's also having a laugh at a universal experience that for a lot of people was probably pretty crummy. Apparently, it was a little crummier for him.

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70

LA Weekly Ernest Hardy

Famed animator Bill Plympton's legendarily skewed aesthetic and worldview are in top form here, bringing life to a script that plays like "Carrie" on a wicked acid trip.

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70

Los Angeles Times Michael Ordona

Smorgasbord of the bizarre. Hair High is not for everyone, but it's not like anything else out right now.

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70

Village Voice Joshua Land

Too glib to qualify as satire, Hair High nails the high school experience.

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60

Variety Dennis Harvey

While his static backgrounds and stuttering character movement aren't likely to win over traditional animation fans, Hair High reps the high end of this "Sick 'n' Twisted"-type toonery.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Animator Bill Plympton's seventh feature is a must-see for fans of his often witty, always scabrous, hand-drawn work.

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50

The New York Times Neil Genzlinger

The terrain is so familiar that it has a slightly stifling effect, even in Mr. Plympton’s demented hands. We long ago loved these characters to death.

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50

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

When Plympton's freak flag flies, Hair High delivers the same whacked-out weirdness of his shorts. The rest of the film simply stretches out the simple premise and marks time between his ideas.

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