Bullies dipping much younger students upside down in the john, mature twenty something females out to seduce 13 year old kids, and competitors sneering at their competitors like they stink. The bully athlete is angry that the 13 year old turned down the sexual advances of his girlfriend and forces alcohol down his throat. This isn't junior high or high school, but college, and weird haired Alex Wolff is the 13 year old genius that has gotten to go to college, befriending much older Brendan Fraser, the oldest freshman on campus, and when Wolff becomes popular because of his constant winning of a question and answer contest, his notoriety goes too far.
I had to suspend a lot of disbelief to try and get myself to try and like this, and after a while, Wolff's character becomes a bit arrogant, making many kids angry because he uses his knowledge to make them feel small. Yet that gives nobody the right to bully him, beat him up or sexually harass him, and the aggressive girl constantly shoving her breasts in his face truly becomes despicable. Fraser adds another quirky character to his resume, and when he discovers that his daughter is a student there as well, it sets up another unbelievable situation that is a bit cloying. Broadway's Robin de Jesus has a few moments to shine as one of the fellow quiz team members but is unfortunately underwritten. In fact, the script feels like an idea that never fully developed.
I had to suspend a lot of disbelief to try and get myself to try and like this, and after a while, Wolff's character becomes a bit arrogant, making many kids angry because he uses his knowledge to make them feel small. Yet that gives nobody the right to bully him, beat him up or sexually harass him, and the aggressive girl constantly shoving her breasts in his face truly becomes despicable. Fraser adds another quirky character to his resume, and when he discovers that his daughter is a student there as well, it sets up another unbelievable situation that is a bit cloying. Broadway's Robin de Jesus has a few moments to shine as one of the fellow quiz team members but is unfortunately underwritten. In fact, the script feels like an idea that never fully developed.