Adrien Brody’s post-Oscar career has been marked by, oh, let’s call it variety, and his upcoming film High School adds “teen stoner comedy” to his resume. Behold him in all his weirdo glory.
Brody plays, yes, a drug dealer who becomes part of a high school valedictorian’s cockamamie quest to get the entire graduating class high in order to beat a mandatory drug test. I cannot imagine what could possibly go wrong!
I sound down on this, but I’m really not — a good teen comedy can be a beautiful thing, and this has most of the required ingredients: an outrageous quest, a looming deadline, the last-minute reversal of proscribed roles, etc. Bring it, High School!
Are you as predisposed to liking teen comedies as I am, PopWatchers, or have you been burned too many times?
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seems like he is going the opposite path of Sean Penn… I for one, dont think thats a bad thing. I have yet to see Adrian Brody give a “bad” performance… miscasted in some but never bad
haha i just can’t get over the screenshot
This sounds excellent. I adore Adrian Brody (almost always, anyway), and a good high school stoner comedy is always appreciated. I’m still waiting for a decent bookend for Dazed and Confused.
i loved the brothers bloom. i think he has made interesting choices, and yes is miscast in some roles, but always gives a good performance.
Is he playing a teen? He’s waaaaay too old for that. Or is he just a weird older guy who hangs around the high schoolers?
If anyone remembers his Rastafarian shtick that he did on SNL a few years back, you’ll know this has potential.
Error: Colin Hanks is playing Brandon Ellis. Matt Bush is playing Henry Burke the valedictorian.
amusing screenshot made me fall of my bloody chair!
I love brody to death!