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Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas

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Bickford Schmeckler (Patrick Fugit) has a lot of "cool ideas" about things like the meaning of life and the unified field theory. He keeps them all in a giant notebook that he guards with his life. So when a sorority girl (Olivia Wilde) somehow manages to steal the book, he scours the campus to find it before all his ideas are lost forever. Meanwhile, everyone who reads the book experiences a radical change in consciousness, blown away by Bickford's amazing revelations about life.
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Marrit Ingman Austin Chronicle 03/24/2006
Bickford is an assured first feature for former Beacon Pictures exec Lew, with a winning cast and an infectious spirit. Go to Full Review David Cornelius eFilmCritic.com 10/01/2007
4/5
It's the sort of small-scale comedy that invites multiple viewings. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker MSN.com 10/01/2007
What should be the American Pie of college genius comedies suffers from a lack of imagination and an absence of impudence... Go to Full Review Luke Y. Thompson New Times 05/24/2007
Director Scott Lew is not without his own cool ideas (having Reno 911's Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon play campus cops is genius), but his focus is all over the place Go to Full Review Eric D. Snider EricDSnider.com 04/17/2006
C+
The film's early momentum wears off, and we realize the movie's not as amusing or entertaining as it wants to be. Go to Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com 03/19/2006
4.5/5
Packing quite a bit of wit, wisdom, craziness, and creativity into its slick-looking and efficient frame, Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas is a bizarrely charming little diversion. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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12/03/2019 Awesome experience. Let's the viewer question what their own meaning of morality and reality are. A funny journey into the mind of someone in an early-life crisis. See more 09/15/2018 Lot's of odd characters in this..starts of kinda grand but then loses it's momentum.. See more joseph s 01/18/2015 I like high school / college centered movies but this one didn't donit for me. boring story with a mopey protagonist. It gets an extra half a point because of Olivia Wilde See more 01/19/2014 Entertaining for what it is. See more 11/09/2013 I wish there were more movies like this. See more 08/31/2013 It isn't complete trash but it has no idea what the story is that it's telling. See more Read all reviews
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Scott Lew

Director

Patrick Fugit

Bickford Shmeckler

Matthew Lillard

Spaceman

John Cho

Bob

Cheryl Hines

Professor Adams

Olivia Wilde

Sarah Witt
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Synopsis Bickford Schmeckler (Patrick Fugit) has a lot of "cool ideas" about things like the meaning of life and the unified field theory. He keeps them all in a giant notebook that he guards with his life. So when a sorority girl (Olivia Wilde) somehow manages to steal the book, he scours the campus to find it before all his ideas are lost forever. Meanwhile, everyone who reads the book experiences a radical change in consciousness, blown away by Bickford's amazing revelations about life.
Director
Scott Lew
Producer
Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz, Andrew Miano, Jeremiah Samuels, Lloyd Segan
Screenwriter
Scott Lew
Production Co
Depth of Field
Rating
R (Drug Use|Sexual References|Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 14, 2011
Runtime
1h 15m
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