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Hair High
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61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Eric Campos
    80
    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.
  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    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.
  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    70
    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.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Joshua Land
    70
    Too glib to qualify as satire, Hair High nails the high school experience.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Michael Ordona
    70
    Smorgasbord of the bizarre. Hair High is not for everyone, but it's not like anything else out right now.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Dennis Harvey
    60
    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.
  7. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    50
    Animator Bill Plympton's seventh feature is a must-see for fans of his often witty, always scabrous, hand-drawn work.
  8. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    50
    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.
  9. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Neil Genzlinger
    50
    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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