Raising Genius (2004)

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A small comedy about life, parenting and O.C.D. Nancy Nestor (Wendy Malick) plays the "perfect" wife and mother at her wits' end trying to talk her teenage genius son out of the bathroom. Hal (Justin Long) has locked himself in the bathroom as he works on a mathematical equation that involves… More A small comedy about life, parenting and O.C.D. Nancy Nestor (Wendy Malick) plays the "perfect" wife and mother at her wits' end trying to talk her teenage genius son out of the bathroom. Hal (Justin Long) has locked himself in the bathroom as he works on a mathematical equation that involves watching the cheerleader (Danica McKellar) next door bounce on a trampoline. Nancy's husband (Stephen Root) is too wrapped up in collecting things to help. 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 and the situation spirals from there.

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 18 min.
Directed By: Linda Voorhees, Bess Wiley
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Mar 10, 2004 Wide
On DVD: Sep 12, 2006
Studio: Allumination

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The story about a teenage genius Hal (Justin Long) who locks himself in the bathroom for three months, in order to work out mathematical equations on his shower walls and secretly ogle his cheerleader neighbor, Lacy (Danica McKellar) without interference from his overbearing mother… More
The story about a teenage genius Hal (Justin Long) who locks himself in the bathroom for three months, in order to work out mathematical equations on his shower walls and secretly ogle his cheerleader neighbor, Lacy (Danica McKellar) without interference from his overbearing mother Nancy Nestor (Wendie Malick) who sees herself as the perfect wife and mother. A battle of wills ensues with Nancy determined to lure her son out for a valedictory speech and Hal equally determined to stay in the john. Psychologist Dr. Curle Weeks (Ed Begley Jr.) comes to Nancy's aid to develop a program that might get her obsessive-compulsive son out of the bathroom. Stephen Root stars as the beleaguered dad who just wants to get through each day while Malick is hilarious as Hal`s social-climbing and equally dysfunctional mother.

Raising Genius (2004)

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