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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.
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What The Critics Said
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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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Joshua Land
Too glib to qualify as satire, Hair High nails the high school experience.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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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