A young war reenactor makes a friend on the battlefield who helps him use strategy to take on his high school enemy. Driven by newfound confidence, he seduces the friend's fetching older sister and risks the friendship. Reality intervenes when the illness of his ex-addict father forces the anger his irony masks to the surface and he has to decide if staying in a fantasy world is worth the consequences.... (Full plot summary below)
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A young war reenactor makes a friend on the battlefield who helps him use strategy to take on his high school enemy. Driven by newfound confidence, he seduces the friend's fetching older sister and risks the friendship. Reality intervenes when the illness of his ex-addict father forces the anger his irony masks to the surface and he has to decide if staying in a fantasy world is worth the consequences.
Leave your thoughts about The Battle of Shaker Heights.
| New York PostLou LumenickDirectors Potelle and Rankin lack the skill to integrate the sometimes drastic shifts between comedy and drama - and the serious portions ultimately get short shrift, apparently at the behest of Miramax's marketing executives. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaIf that sounds a lot like Rushmore, it is, except that the heart has been sucked out of the thing -- replaced by glib chatter, gratuitous Baudelaire references, and distracting product placement. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerIf there is a delicate story of forgiveness, friendship and family buried somewhere in Erica Beeney's script, Potelle and Rankin haven't managed to find it under the throes of empty rebellion and painless triumph. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertFor most of its length it coasts by with above-average charm and a solid grasp of messy adolescent emotions. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThough slight and rather frail, it's still modestly entertaining...and LaBeouf is well worth watching throughout. |
| CitysearchBill PearisIt's no Rushmore or Sixteen Candles, but The Battle of Shaker Heights is heads-and- shoulders above your average teen comedy. |
| TheMovieChicks.comCherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann PaloneThe story is original, the direction looks professional, and Shia LaBeouf really comes through - this is definitely his movie. |
| San Diego MetropolitanJean LowerisonNot especially original of concept or execution, but it's a pleasant enough script and very well acted by both youngsters LaBeouf and Henson and veterans Quinlan, Sadler and Smart. |
| IGN MoviesJeff OttoAll I can say is there's plenty of difficult people in Hollywood. We just aren't usually exposed to it. I think this film will speak for itself and the future of all involved. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzAn unappealing melancholy sitcom dramatization. |
