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Raising Genius is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bess Wiley released in USA on 10 march 2004 with Justin Long
Raising Genius (2004)
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Add to a movie listRaising Genius (working title Bathroom Boy) (2004) is a 2004 American comedy film written by Linda Voorhees and co-directed by her with Bess Wiley. The film stars Justin Long, Wendie Malick, Ed Begley, Jr., Stephen Root, Danica McKellar, Mark DeCarlo, Tippi Hedren, Shirley Jones, Clint Howard, and Sam Huntington. It was a selection of the Paris Film Festival in Paris, France, in 2005, and also played at the Waterfront Film Festival in South Haven, Michigan in 2005.
^ Vincent, Ed (2007), Raising Genius (2004), Oak Park Journal .
^ Résumé du Festival du film de Paris Ile-de-France 2005 (in French), retrieved 2014-10-15.
^ Raising Genius at the Waterfront Film Festival, retrieved 2014-10-15.
Synopsis
Nancy Nestor (Wendie Malick) is the perfect wife and mother now at her wits' end when her teenage genius son Hal (Justin Long) looks himself in the bathroom for months to work on a mathematical equation which involves studying of Lacy Baldwin (Danica McKellar), a cheerleader next door, as she bounces up and down on a trampoline. Nancy's husband Dwight (Stephen Root) is too wrapped up in his own petty concerns to help her. When a burglary brings the police to inspect the crime scene, they find Hal locked in the bathroom and suspect he is being held against his will and call Social Services.Actors
Justin Long
(Hal Nestor)
Ed Begley Jr.
(Dr. Curly Weeks)
Sam Huntington
(Bic)
Stephen Root
(Dwight Nestor)
Tippi Hedren
(Babe)
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