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  • Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Nikki Blonsky, Spencer Breslin
  • Summary: As a young teenager suffering from really early male-pattern baldness, Harold has never had it easy. Despite the efforts of his scattered mother --- and aggravated by his beauty-queen-mean sister - life is a trial for Harold. And now his teen angst is topping out: He's facing his first day at a new high school in a new town. He's not only going to be the "new kid," but the "new weird bald kid." Harold's saving grace arrives in the person of Cromer, the subversive school janitor. With a cleverness hidden behind his unassuming janitor's uniform, broom and bucket, Cromer comes to Harold's aid, teaching him how to out maneuver his adversaries, and, ultimately, how to survive that most difficult and dreaded American institution --High School. (City Lights Pictures) … Expand

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  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    38
    A genuine oddity that's more watchable than it sounds.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    30
    Where "Superbad" found something raucously winning in hanging with adolescence's loser elite, Harold is a disingenuous, one-note underdog portrait.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    20
    A terminally lame puberty comedy.

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  1. JayH.
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    I am a surprised at the universally negative reviews. I thought it was well written and funny, and I enjoyed it very much. Good scenarios, fine performances. Great fun.… Expand
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