Hairbrained

Eli Pettifog is a fourteen-year-old prodigy who faces a setback when he is denied entry to Harvard. He instead enrolls at Whitman College, a lower-ranked institution where he struggles to fit in. While there, he forms an unlikely bond with Leo Searly, a forty-one-year-old freshman and former gambler who has returned to school to start over after a personal crisis. The story follows the developing friendship between these two mismatched students.

The film was directed by Billy Kent, following his 2006 work The Oh in Ohio. The screenplay was written by Adam Wierzbianski. The cast features Brendan Fraser as Leo Searly and Alex Wolff as Eli Pettifog, alongside Julia Garner, Parker Posey, Michael Oberholtzer, and Greta Lee. Produced in the United States by Love Lane Pictures, this comedy and fantasy has a runtime of 97 minutes. On TMDB, the movie holds a rating of 5.4/10 based on 71 votes.