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I just watched this movie tonight and felt compelled to give it a positive review. Even though I am a few years older than the characters in this movie the art fag gaze magazine and self righteous cliques hit home. This film made me laugh out loud several times. It gets so ridiculous with the Cosby show namesake to the mental flashbacks to the family relationships that you can't help but laugh. The acting is not great and the whole thing is far from believable but I am sure was not meant to be. I think the folks responsible for this film could have a bright future. I think I need to see this movie again. Could defiantly become a cult classic if enough people give it a chance.

I was being lazy today and watching Turner Classic Movies and came across Harrigan's Kid. Not the greatest movie of all time but was kid of fun to watch. Benny McNeil, the cocky and headstrong young jockey has 2 strikes against him (accused of cheating) and is in danger of getting thrown out of horse racing all together when his "Owner" sells his contract to a big time Owner in hopes that Benny will work his way up in the ranks and when he does throw the BIG RACE! Harrigan, the old underhanded owner (with a heart of gold) and Garnet (the new owner and Harrigan's former owner) have some sort of score to settle. This movie is pretty cheesy but kept me from taking a shower and actually doing something with my morning.

The best scene is the last one, someone dies, I wont say who but it is totally sappy and fake and made me chuckle a bit, I gave this movie 1 extra star for the best, and most conveniently timed death scene in movie history!

I laughed out loud several times in this movie and it was way better than I expected. I think folks are being way to hard on this movie that I think did its job well. Maybe I thought it was funnier than most because I am a 35 year old ex punk rocker who's bands never "made it" There were some great moments and jokes "You're gonna get laid so much yer gonna..." OK I wont spoil that one for you. Yeah, it is a bit cliché at times but who cares. The music is pretty descent in my opinion too in my opinion, although I wont be running out to buy the soundtrack. Go rent this movie if you want a few laughs, anyone who rated this movie under a 5 must have absolutely no sense of humor.