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Stealing Harvard: Hit or Flop?
by Scott Schachter

Almost three years ago, Tom Green came to the national forefront with The Tom Green Show, which aired on MTV. It became an instant national hit and millions of people in their teens fell in love with the show. Then suddenly after receiving surgery for testicular cancer, the show just vanished and it seemed that the comedian would never be heard from again.
People’s prayers were then answered a year later when Green came out with the flick, Freddy Got Fingered, but unfortunately and to the dismay of the millions of reviewers who loved the movie (just kidding!), Freddy flopped and was soon out of theatres. Now nearly a year and a half later, along with the great and underrated actor, Jason Lee, comes Stealing Harvard, the movie that Tom Green hopes will be his first hit.

However, many thing are against Stealing Harvard, as for one, the film has gone through many, many, many title changes over the past few years. I don't know about you, but the fact that the film company is fretting over the film's title clearly indicates that Harvard could possibly be worse then Freddy Got Fingered and are hoping that some people will just see the film based on its title alone, which of course is a bad sign. Also going against the film's box office possibilities is that it stars Tom Green. While he does have a cult and hardcore following, he has yet to prove his bank-ability in the movies. One can say that his co –starring role in Road Trip proved that moviegoers would pay just to see him, but that film came out at the height of his popularity and also starred some other familiar faces and hit at the right time. Freddy Got Fingered, his follow-up, bombed horribly. While not its fault, Stealing Harvard has the duty of coming out two days after the one-year anniversary of September 11. With people’s minds elsewhere, will they venture to go see a slapstick comedy? Only time will tell.

There are a few things that Stealing Harvard has going for it, though. For one, the ads have played down the fact that Tom Green is in the movie but not hyping the film as a "Tom Green" flick.  The film also stars Jason Lee and while he has yet to break through to the mainstream, he has also developed a big cult following that will show up opening day. Although, it may not sound like a good thing, the solid opening of Swimfan ($11.3M) indicates that there is a clear teenage audience that will see anything and hopefully will translate into a solid opening for Stealing Harvard.

As for my opinion, I believe that Stealing Harvard will open with about $8 - 9M at best. While the comedy does look to have its funny moments, the memory of Freddy Got Fingered and the almost unfunny commercials lead me to believe that this is another stupid comedy with little interest and buzz, and will likely fall hard its second week and be on the video shelves in no time.

 

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