Saw this on the shelf at the library and I remember I saw a clip for this somewhere. So, I gave it a shot and got exactly what I expected from it.Harold (Spencer Breslin) is a 14-year-old who already suffers from male-pattern baldness. Needless to say, this is a problem when his mother gets a new job and has to move him away from his familiar surroundings. At his new school, he is humiliated after being forced to remove his cap. After that, he befriends Rhonda (Nikki Blonsky) and her group of outcasts and dweebs. He also gets help from Cromer, the janitor (Cuba Gooding, Jr). The one thing Harold wants is to take the bullies down a peg and beat them at their own game: Go-Carts.
There was only one thing in this movie that consistently made me laugh, and that was Cuba Gooding, Jr. He took the generic role of the "inspirational janitor" and used it to make a different type of character within those parameters. The rest of the movie fell flat. It was a great idea for an indie comedy that just didn't pan out.
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