Highball

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2001 Filmcritic.com

Noah Baumbach gathered up his Kicking and Screaming and Mr. Jealousy buddies and threw together this little flick in six days. He then stuck an alias (Ernie Fusco) on it, and that was about it. Mostly consisting of recycled jokes that didn't make it into his earlier films, Highball is still frequently funny while it's perpetually random. Gotta love Carlos Jacott no matter what he does, though. And extra points for creative use of two giant lizard suits.

Rating

3.0 out of 5 Stars

  • Director: Noah Baumbach
  • Producer: Joel Castleberg, Peter E. Nunnery
  • Screenwriter: Noah Baumbach, Carlos Jacott, Christopher Reed
  • Stars: Justine Bateman, Peter Bogdanovich, Andrea Bowen, Dean Cameron, Rae Dawn Chong, Christopher Eigeman, Carlos Jacott, Annabella Sciorra, Ally Sheedy, Eric Stoltz
  • MPAA Rating: R

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