Harvard Man

Director and screenwriter James Toback used his own experiences as a college student in the 1960s as the basis for this drama about a present-day student athlete who's bitten off more than he can chew. Alan Jensen (Adrian Grenier) is a college sophomore struggling to keep up with an unusually busy ...more

Harvard Man purports to be a realistic film about modern college life. Instead, it's a wacky combination of B-movie tropes, improbable plot twists, and graphic sex. Actors seem to have been cast for their faces and bodies more than for their thespian talents or suitability for the roles they play. Adrian Grenier, in the title role, has the dark good looks the role calls for, but he's a bit stiff. Sarah Michelle Gellar (TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer) plays a spoiled and unscrupulous mobster's ...more