Hairbrained
Year: 2013
Studio: Love Lane Pictures
Director: Billy Kent
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Alex Wolff, Julia Garner, Parker Posey, Michael Oberholtzer, Greta Lee
Crew: Billy Kent (Director), Adam Wierzbianski (Screenplay), Paul Bertino (Editor), Sarah Bird (Story), Billy Kent (Story), Elisabeth Vastola (Costume Design)
Runtime: 97 minutes
Release: Nov 25, 2013
IMDb: 5.40/10 by 69 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't sincerely recommend. I like Brendan Fraser well enough and he nailed it in this support role, but Alex Wolff pretty much carries the movie, playing off of everyone else wonderfully. It is rare to have a collegiate coming of age story, but they managed to cover the idiosyncrasies of a young genius in a new world quite well. What really breaks me from the movie is the slew of crimes being committed against Eli as he is 13-14 years old. The other thing is that trivia isn't the most exciting thing, as exampled by the movie. They could have easily done an applied science competition that would have been a bit more compelling. While I don't regret watching this subtle, slice of life story, there just isn't much to say about it: just very little payoff.