Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think the guy is quite amazing," Stoll says. "The kid's got unbelievable heart and he's so full of ideas...
...would probably say that I am not. And they would be right. I don't have the maturity yet to fully consider myself an adult. Nor do I expect myself to have that maturity, having led a sheltered life thus far. Whatever your experiences at Harvard are, don't kid yourself: Harvard is not the real world and, thus, is a hard place to develop the perspective adulthood requires...
...that I can count the months left until May on one hand, I've started reviewing the last three-odd years, taking stock of what has happened, wondering if I've changed during my stay at Harvard. Am I the same bright-eyed and bushy-tailed kid who showed up in the Yard one balmy September? I'm not. I've changed. The change hasn't been particularly obvious: my sense of humor is the same, I still believe in the same essential ideals, still treasure warm weather...
Director Arlene Sanford has attempted to beef up the plot with a bunch of tried-and-true signs of a broken family--tension between Jake and his stepmother, heated sibling rivalry between Jake and his kid sister, etc., etc. No prizes for guessing if he makes peace with his family, patches things up with his girlfriend, or makes it home for Christmas. No surprise, the story line is absolutely predictable: When Jake enters a Santa race for a $1,000 prize in one town, the big question is not if he'll win, but how long it'll take...
...complimenting her hands (a line ripped off from e.e. cummings, no less.) The one character in the entire movie who can be called really humorous is the illegal electronics peddler who accidentally hits Jake with his van (sadly, the movie doesn't end) and remorsefully offers to drive the kid east. Then again, maybe that's just because Andy Lauer fills the role with the same innocent humor he brings to Caroline in the City as an intellectual toddler in a 30-year-old's body...