Rating: 
Summary: Not another teen movie
Review: the title of this movie is misleading. i thought it was some cheesy college movie, i only saw it because my roommate rented it. it was dark, funny, and full of sex, drugs, and gambling. i can't imagine that there are people who actually didn't like it.
if you've ever done a drug or are interesting at all, you will love it. i was pleasantly surprised.
Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable time-passer
Review: This is an enjoyable, if light, little flick. A fairly simple plot, held together by the personalities of its stars. Adrian Grenier plays his role as the title character with a kind of moody unfocused intensity that suggests a profound intelligence combined with a serious lack of impulse control. Sarah Michelle Gellar is decidedly un-Buffy in perhaps her best screen role to date. And Joey Lauren Adams - ah, Joey Lauren Adams, sounding more intelligent (and hence sexier) than I've seen her since, oh, "Chasing Amy." I liked this flick, I recognized it was flawed, but I didn't care.
Rating: 
Summary: Harvard man
Review: This is not a film with out faults by any means, who ever thought casting Adrian Grenier was a good idea needs someone to scream 'what where you thinking - the boy cant act!' at them, as its true, He hasn't got the range or charm to carry this film. But Sarah Michelle Geller and Joey Lauren Adams on the other hand do have a lot range and charm, the former being a very sassy a devious daughter of a mob man and the latter being a cool and chilled out Harvard professor.The picture is edited with frenetic energy, Toback uses jump cuts and inter cuts scenes at every opportunity. Annoyingly the sound track he picks to accompany this movie isn't always the best, using rap and hip hop music and playing it at the same time as classical pieces can be quite hard on the ears and very distracting from the dialog. Over all Harvard man is a film with plus and minus points, neither one really dominating (thus the three star rating) with a different leading man and better soundtrack music this could have been twice the film it already is. I suggest renting it before purchasing.
Rating: 
Summary: Very good
Review: This is such a great little film. It is not the kind of movie your average Buffy fan would like. Hence the negative reviews. However, it was made by the legendary indie film director James Toback, which of course means nothing to Buffy fans, but what it does mean is you'll be treated to a very inventive, different kind of film. And that's what this is. It deals with drugs, sex, illegal gambling, the mob, everything you could want. It's a very interesting film, beautifully shot, and I would go as far to say that it is probably the greatest in Sarah Michelle Gellar's repertoire.
The one thing that detracts from this film is the dvd packaging. It is very misleading to say the least. It looks like some bad teen flick. And the description on the back doesn't help. My suggestion, just try to disregard the case, and look at the movie for what it really is.
If you're looking for something a little out of the box, a real artistic statement, rather than some manufactured teen slop, give this a try, after all, its just 10 dollars.
Rating:
Summary: Harvard Man - Great for Those Already In the Know
Review: This movie is pretty much only for you if you are an SMG fan. Like, a BIG SMG fan. I could hardly stand Adrian Grenier. He was so annoying. The plot is kind of retarted. Like I said, Sarah Michelle Gellar looks great in this movie, but the role is not like her usual ones. She is a pivotal part of the plot, yes, but she's not the lead. This movie showed that she has range and can play the daughter of a mafia/mob-boss-type-guy. Like I mentioned before, the plot is kind of diluted. The main character, Alan (Adrian Grenier) is short, skinny and whiny- how in the world did he get to be POINT GUARD for Harvard? That and he's ugly. You'd think someone like Cindy Badolini (SMG) would go out with (and screw) someone a little more attractive, being as she is a rich, beautiful mob daughter. Alan is a nice kid, trying to help out his parents; but really, who asks a mobster for $100,000 and throws a game for it? The FBI angle is totally stupid, with some sick agents, which ultimately get Alan and Bandolini out of the whole mess. The drugs are dumb as well, and although the drug induced special effects are cool, they get boring.
Chesney (Joey Lauren Adams), Alan's professor/lover, is pretty much the only sane one in the entire movie. I can't see why she would bang Alan either, unless the guy is seriously packing, if you know what I mean.
Bandolini's lackeys are funny and interesting to watch. They offer some much needed comic relief to this movie.
There are a few love scenes, if you can call them *love* scenes. The two with Cindy and Alan are odd in that they don't even look at eachother in either of thier scenes, and in the second one, they are discussing Alan throwing a game for the $100,000.
Alan's character is full of crap, spouting some stupid philosiphy while doing drugs after a romp with Chesney.
All in all, this movie is okay. SMG has plenty of scenes, and she does really well playing a mob daughter. If you're not a fan of her though, don't watch it, cause she's pretty much the only reason to watch it.
Rating:
Summary: Great!
Review: This Movie rocked and sarah michelle gellar was awsome... again! Since im a fan of her... well The biggest fan of smg, I had to love it! she was so0o0 funny and mean to people, she just made me laugh. It was about a collage student (Allen) in havard that needed $100,000 for his parents because there hous was wrecked in a tornato. So Allen asks Cindy (SMG) for the money, since her father is a gangster (and very rich). He ends up getting the money and police find out and attact Cindy and allen, but they dont arrest them, since there all drug users and sex addicts. I recomend this to all Sarah Michelle Gellar fans around the world!
Rating: 
Summary: Harvard Man
Review: Two stars for having Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ray Allen in believable and well-portrayed roles. Otherwise this (deservedly) direct-to-video movie is a mess filled with extraneous jump-cuts, overdone acid-trip subjective view effects, cliched mob boss scenes, gangsters so stupid that it's not funny, and even dumber FBI agents. Don't trust ryan deffley's review, he couldn't even get the facts straight in his synopsis. (the mob boss DID NOT want or instigate the point-shaving scheme) Adrian Grenier did a creditable job as the main character who tries to find meaning in life, but at the end settles for being himself and doing what he enjoys. For a better movie involving gambling, gangsters, and getting out of trouble, try _Rounders_.
Al Franken's appearance as himself was fun.
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Summary: Don't Pay Attention To What Other People Say
Review: Well, I was surfing the TV channels late at night one day and I ran across this movie on UPN. I had never heard of it before, and I decided to give it a try due to the fact that I was extremely bored.
Myself being a casual Buffy fan, meaning I've seen 15 episodes at the most, I figured I'd watch it because Sarah Michelle Gellar was in it. But keep in mind that is only what got me to watch the movie in the first place and skip over Goldeneye on Telemundo (which is, by the way, a very good version of the movie, si tú hablas español and can find it on some station.) If you go into this movie expecting to see a lot of Sarah Michelle Geller (henceforth called SMG), you will be grossly dissapointed. She doesn't have that big of a role in this film. I went into the movie with an open mind, and tried to ignore the really annoying scenes in the beginning with slow frame rates and jerky camera movements, plus hearing 2 songs at once, overtop of commentary. But even though the beginning is very annoying, the rest of the movie is very good. I don't need to give a rundown of the plot, but I will say it takes a bit of understanding and intelligence to be able to take in all that is happening and not be overly confused. I personally really enjoyed the movie, and can't understand how all of these negative reviewers didn't like it at all. In my opinion, it is a must buy.
Rating: 
Summary: Dont go to Harvard because of this
Review: WHAT A DIssapointment......just finished watching it.......I love Sarah....but What the heck was going on.......wasted 4 bucks on a rental......I rented it for Sarah.....she looks great, and did fine......but the story could have been so much better........good actors, bad story.......if u rent that is fine, but dont say I didnt warn u
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