It's pretty basic here. You have a Bill Plympton movie. You know what to expect – complete rampant insanity from the mind of a mad genius.
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Boston GlobeWesley Morris
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
If Plympton is making pastiche, he's also having a laugh at a universal experience that for a lot of people was probably pretty crummy. Apparently, it was a little crummier for him.
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Village VoiceJoshua Land
Village VoiceJoshua Land
Too glib to qualify as satire, Hair High nails the high school experience.
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L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
Famed animator Bill Plympton's legendarily skewed aesthetic and worldview are in top form here, bringing life to a script that plays like "Carrie" on a wicked acid trip.
Smorgasbord of the bizarre. Hair High is not for everyone, but it's not like anything else out right now.
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VarietyDennis Harvey
VarietyDennis Harvey
While his static backgrounds and stuttering character movement aren't likely to win over traditional animation fans, Hair High reps the high end of this "Sick 'n' Twisted"-type toonery.
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
When Plympton's freak flag flies, Hair High delivers the same whacked-out weirdness of his shorts. The rest of the film simply stretches out the simple premise and marks time between his ideas.