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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyWhile Stealing Harvard may be a chucklehead comedy, Lee is oddly touching and funny. Mostly because, unlike Green, he's not aggressively trying to make us laugh.
- 50The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensTogether, Mr. Lee and Mr. Green have a daft comic energy, and they are assisted by game performances from the rest of the cast.
- 38Baltimore SunMichael SragowBaltimore SunMichael SragowLike Adam Sandler's "Mr. Deeds," this is a hybrid, hipster-cornball movie that wants to celebrate common folk but unapologetically uses words like "trailer trash" to describe them.
- 25New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanStinks even by the standards of late summer movie garbage.
- 25New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe question is, how did the producers get the amiable, talented Jason Lee to Boogie Board down the toilet with (Green)?
- 25Entertainment WeeklyBruce FrettsEntertainment WeeklyBruce FrettsIt doesn't help that most of the jokes (like a rip-off of ''There's Something About Mary'''s dog-in-the-crotch bit) are themselves stolen.
- 20VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasDepressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived. Only masochistic moviegoers need apply.
- 20Chicago ReaderBill StametsChicago ReaderBill StametsDirector Bruce McCulloch, an alumnus of the Canadian TV show "The Kids in the Hall," lacks the sense of scale and timing needed for a feature film, and Lee's voice-over about fate that brackets the narrative only highlights its shapelessness.
- 20The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinAn uncomfortable-looking Lee soldiers doggedly through a thankless role, while Green, though never particularly funny, at least brings off-kilter energy to a role that provides Stealing Harvard's only spark of spontaneity.
- 10Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasIt's so bad that you have to wonder whether Tom Green was looking for a project to match last year's "Freddy Got Fingered" -- Green didn't direct this turkey, but it surely is a contender for the bottom of the barrel award for 2002.