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The Best and the Brightest is a american film of genre Comedy released in USA on 16 october 2010 with Neil Patrick Harris
The Best and the Brightest (2010)
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Add to a movie listThe Best and the Brightest is a 2010 American independent film. Directed by Josh Shelov, the film stars Neil Patrick Harris and Bonnie Somerville as Jeff and Sam respectively, a young couple that moves into New York City. The film centers around the effort they have to put in to get their five-year-old daughter Beatrice (Amelia Talbot) into an elite private kindergarten.
This is director Josh Shelov's debut feature-film, co-written with Michael Jaeger. The film received mostly mixed to negative reviews.
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The film opens with Jeff (Neil Patrick Harris) and Sam (Bonnie Somerville) moving from Delaware into New York City with their five-year-old daughter Beatrice. Sam takes Beatrice on visit to several schools in the city to get Beatrice admitted for the current session, only to realize that there is very little prospect in such short period. After losing hope, she enlists help of Sue Lemon (Amy Sedaris), a consultant who helps couples in getting their kids admitted into schools. Though first Sue declines to help them for citing short notice, later she agrees after seeing Sam's stubborn determination.Actors
Neil Patrick Harris
(Jeff)
Bonnie Somerville
(Samantha)
Christopher McDonald
(The Player)
Amy Sedaris
(Sue Lemon)
Jenna Stern
(Katharine Heilmann)
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