Hair High

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Hair High

2004

1h 18m

Comedy

Animation

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20 Reviews

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As the prom approaches, the head cheerleader (Sarah Silverman) of Echo Lake High dumps her quarterback boyfriend (Dermot Mulroney) in favor of attending the dance with the biggest loser (Eric Gilliland) in school.

Critics Consensus

Hair High isn't first-tier Plympton, but like the rest of the animator's work, this is an assuredly odd tale that should resonate with fans of strange cinema.

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Michael Ordoña

Los Angeles Times

Apr 12, 2007

3.5/5

Hair High is not for everyone, but it's not like anything else out right now.

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Michael Booth

Denver Post

Feb 9, 2007

3/4

Rarely is filmmaking of any kind this exuberant, this inventive or this entertaining.

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

Dec 1, 2006

3/4

Much of the visual comedy comes from the incongruous proportions of the bodies: skinny legs and puffed-out chests.

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

Aug 11, 2024

3/4

Imagine a cross between cartoonish, live-action musical Grease, Finnish show-band crazies the Leningrad Cowboys, and violently twisted video game Stubbs the Zombie, and there you have it: Hair High.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Apr 19, 2007

2.5/4

Plympton's fourth feature film is also his least inspired, but it's still very much worth a look.

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Gary Goldstein

Reel.com

Apr 13, 2007

3/4

It's a wickedly fine ensemble and Plympton gives everyone free rein, which is no surprise from the creator of this irreverent, freewheeling delight.

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Richard W

@rdwoolf May 12, 2026

"Hair High" from Bill Plympton was a very entertaining animated film for adults. It starts of as a very stylistic animated 1950s teen romance comedy but, since it is artist Bill Plympton, it quickly gets a bit weird. At some point this high school comedy goes a bit into the 1950s sci-fi / horror genre film territory. Even if you did not go to high school in the 1950s (I definitely did not), you will be able to relate to your own high school experiences. If you love 1950s genre films you will want to pick up and watch "Hair High."

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Jun 18, 2013

Even though the movie is seriously messed up, it is still a fresh story with good elements.

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May 1, 2011

Plympton's visual inventiveness may have faded a little, but this teen movie on acid is still one of the most insane things out there.

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Apr 24, 2011

fucked up but try to sit through it.

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Dec 2, 2010

Not okay. Not okay. I remember liking this guy's stuff when I was 13 years old. Apparently I grew up and he didn't. This movie is an animated wet dream/nightmare of any freshman in high school, and apparently was written by one as well. To think that this is the work of a grown man is staggering. The cast is full of great people, but the movie is more than a misfire. Perhaps I'll give Mr. Plympton one more shot before I write him off completely...

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Nov 4, 2009

Es el largometraje de Plympton mas entretenido, aunque no sea tan alocada como las otras.

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Synopsis

As the prom approaches, the head cheerleader (Sarah Silverman) of Echo Lake High dumps her quarterback boyfriend (Dermot Mulroney) in favor of attending the dance with the biggest loser (Eric Gilliland) in school.

Director: Bill Plympton
Producer: Bill Plympton
Screenwriter: Bill Plympton
Production Co: Plymptoons
Genre: Comedy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2019
Runtime: 1h 18m

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