Harold

T.Sean Shannon has called upon his friends (and family) and created a unique, funny film.

Modeled after the typical high-school, new-kid, nerd plot, this movie has enough funny parts to make me rate it a 9. If I had to describe it, I would say "Sixteen-Candles" meets "Mr Woodcock" would be a good-approximation.

Filled with bit-parts by SNL players, as well as comic veterans and Oscar-winners(!), Harold keeps you guessing at a good pace all while making you giggle/laugh/broo-hah-hah in many places.

I think it must have been a nice departure for the seasoned actors to play the comedian role... the newbies held their own alongside. I predict that several of the young actors will go on to further roles. I am not sure about T.Sean's brother, Pat, though. His cameo is as short as he is bald (and now, old)! :)

Well worth the rental/download!

"Harold" provides more laughs per minute than any comedy in recent memory.

The premise of Greg Fields' and director T. Sean Shannon's script provides us with a veritable gold mine of sparkling comedy nuggets. 13-year-old Harold has virtually nothing in the world going for him - for not only is he an eternally put-upon, socially awkward nerd, but his early-onset male-pattern-baldness makes people assume he's a middle-age man. This, of course, leads to a great deal of humiliation and social rejection for the kid - but countless moments of awkward-situation and mistaken-identity hilarity for the audience. But Harold does have at least two things in his favor: a rapier wit that allows him to hold his own in any situation – no matter how surrealistic and bizarre in nature - and a mature enough understanding of how the world actually works to help him navigate through life's rough waters and emerge a stronger person in the end (at times he seems like Woody Allen as we imagine he might have been right at the onset of puberty). And it's that spirit of knowing optimism, more than anything else, that purges "Harold" of cruelty and makes us laugh WITH rather than AT the character.

I don't know where these guys Fields and Shannon came from, but their script for this film is a gem of originality, tonal balance and understated satire. In addition, the movie is blessed with an array of outstanding performances, starting with Spenser Breslin, who makes of Harold a thoroughly likable and wholly relatable figure. Ditto for the rest of the cast, which includes Ally Sheedy, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Rachel Dratch, Chris Parnell, Stella Maeve, Suzanne Shepherd, Elizabeth Gilles and Robert Gorry.

Together they've made an endearing, hilarious comedy that grinds the over-priced and overpaid Hollywood big boys of the business into the dust.

Just saw this after all these years. Found it to be perfect for light Saturday afternoon entertainment. The cast does well, particularly the adult actors. So much of it reminds me of my school days long ago, while the characters are not complex by any means, they are realistic, except for the Cuba Gooding Jr. Janitor role. Movie was a very pleasant experience overall.

If you like 80s movies, Sixteen Candles, Breakfast Club, etc... then you'll LOVE this movie. This movie is an 80s film made in the new millennium. People that don't like this movie don't understand what the director was trying to do. He was trying to capture the spirit of the 80s for our time. He even used Ally Sheedy, one of the classic 80s actresses!! This movie is just as good as the best 80s teen movies!!!! I doubt teens now could appreciate it. They're too busy watching SAW or Gossip Girl. But for those of you who appreciate the 80s this film is a real treat. The main actor, Spencer Breslin, is incredibly talented. It's amazing how convincing he is copying the mannerisms of a 40 year old. There's few teen actors out there who could pull it off. Cuba Gooding Jr. is HILARIOUS! I'm not really a fan of his but in this film he is fantastic. Don't miss this film!!!

all i can say is wow what a great surprise this movie was,went in not expecting much but this was a total shock went far in my ideas of comedy to take a small time film and create a funny simple and creative movie about a 13 year old boy with baldness................this years Napoleon dynamite some great one liners and shock and horror moments to make anybody cringe with laughter......................going by the voting so far i bear to think what comedy people like because most will like this movie,its cool funny and has a good story,simple as it is,sometimes a simple story with predictable scenes is what people want and this takes those and proves a right treat,it will really depend on your mood watching this.awesome one liners too boot......