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Harrison Bergeron

Harrison Bergeron

Harrison Bergeron

1995
Sci-fi
TV Movie
1h 39m
In the United States of the future, everyone is made equally dumb through electronic headbands, and equally skilled at sports and ballet by handicapping the better players and performers with weights, on order of the Handicapper General. Art is banished, so noone can be jealous of anyone, and everyone is a happy consumer. Harrison Bergeron is however too smart to be limited by a headband, and so is inducted into the secret government that keeps things running.

Directed by:

Bruce Pittman
Bruce-Pittman
18 total credits
Bruce Pittman has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Harrison Bergeron, TekWar, Mark of Cain and Flood: A River's Rampage

Writers:

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Kurt-Vonnegut-Jr
13 total credits
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Back to School, Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, Mother Night and 2081
,
Arthur Crimm
Arthur-Crimm
1 total credit
Arthur Crimm has just 1 credit at Criticker: Harrison Bergeron

Starring:

Christopher Plummer
Christopher-Plummer
151 total credits
Christopher Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. In a career that spans over five decades and includes substantial roles in film, television, and theatre, Plummer is perhaps best known for the role of Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music. His most recent film roles include the Disney-Pixar 2009 film Up as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production 9 as 1, The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus... (Wikipedia)
,
Eugene Levy
Eugene-Levy
69 total credits
Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have starred in all seven of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...(Wikipedia)
,
Sean Astin
Sean-Astin
98 total credits
Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and producer better known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24. Most recently, he provided the voice for the title character in Disney's Special Agent Oso...(Wikipedia)
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Howie Mandel
Howie-Mandel
26 total credits
Howie Mandel has 26 credits at Criticker, including: Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Little Monsters, America's Got Talent and Harrison Bergeron
,
Andrea Martin
Andrea-Martin
55 total credits
Andrea Martin has 55 credits at Criticker, including: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Wag the Dog, The Producers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Black Christmas
,
Miranda de Pencier
Miranda-de-Pencier
3 total credits
Miranda de Pencier has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Harrison Bergeron, The Grizzlies and Wild Roses

Genre:

Sci-fi

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Harrison Bergeron

1995
Sci-fi
TV Movie
1h 39m
Avg Percentile 59.37% from 78 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

(78)
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Rated 19 Sep 2009
60
38th
Some interesting ideas, but somehow the setting never convinced me of its internal logic. The made-for-tv production values weren't enough to properly flesh out the setting. The leaders-behind-the-scenes dressing all in black produced a chuckle. Can't our secret overlords wear casual clothes and not work in oppressive buildings for once? Too bad the thought provoking elements only partially shone through.
Rated 27 Jun 2025
90
19th
Holds up remarkably well, due in no small part to the source material. Could have spent more time flushing out the characters but it also waists no time and trusts it’s audience.
Rated 01 Apr 2018
70
48th
Astin is exceptionally corny in this... a grating performance from him. It also sort of jumped around seemingly randomly storyline wise. Other than that, it was entertaining and allowed you to believably enter that what-if scenario in your head -- though a bit of background of how they got to that point would have been nice and given it depth.
Rated 12 Jun 2014
12
2nd
Well, they certainly sucked the spirit out of that story. Who wrote that Macaulay Culkin line? That was bordering on clever. Are you sure he was wearing his band? I want him sent to the gulag post haste.
Rated 08 Feb 2014
79
72nd
See: 2081 (2009), Farnheit 451 (1953) by Ray Bradbury, The Whore of Mensa (1974) by Woody Allen.
Rated 02 Dec 2012
85
67th
The best TV-movie I've ever seen. Though it has some flaws you might expect a TV-movie to have (rather flawed production, directing and script) it still stands out to me above most of the big productions I've seen. Very thought provoking material.
Rated 19 Jan 2012
88
87th
This is a very good movie, and it is too bad that it is not more widely available (since it is made for TV). At some parts, it is a bit silly; however, for the most part is fairly creative and well done. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Rated 26 Mar 2009
65
18th
Quite interesting and thought provoking. However the acting and the dialogue is terrible, making it difficult to watch.
Rated 07 Aug 2008
75
58th
they messed up a great short story. Has not stood the test of time very well.
Rated 29 May 2008
100
95th
One of the best sf films of the '90s, even though it just happens to be made for cable. Funny and sad and thought-provoking
Rated 28 May 2008
95
93rd
Expanding on a Kurt Vonnegut short story, this provoked quite a lot of thought in me. What if the government could make us all happy..by making us all equally dumb and clumsy, would that be such a bad thing? But what of art? What of intelligent people? Accessible, yet profound, and that for a made for tv film. One distopian flick you ought to have seen.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Bruce Pittman
Bruce-Pittman
18 total credits
Bruce Pittman has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, Harrison Bergeron, TekWar, Mark of Cain and Flood: A River's Rampage

Writers:

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Kurt-Vonnegut-Jr
13 total credits
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Back to School, Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, Mother Night and 2081
,
Arthur Crimm
Arthur-Crimm
1 total credit
Arthur Crimm has just 1 credit at Criticker: Harrison Bergeron

Starring:

Christopher Plummer
Christopher-Plummer
151 total credits
Christopher Plummer, CC is a Canadian theatre, film and television actor. In a career that spans over five decades and includes substantial roles in film, television, and theatre, Plummer is perhaps best known for the role of Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music. His most recent film roles include the Disney-Pixar 2009 film Up as Charles Muntz, the Shane Acker production 9 as 1, The Last Station as Leo Tolstoy, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus... (Wikipedia)
,
Eugene Levy
Eugene-Levy
69 total credits
Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor, television director, producer, musician, and writer. He is known for his work in Canadian television series, American movies, and television movies. He is the only actor to have starred in all seven of the American Pie films, as Noah Levenstein...(Wikipedia)
,
Sean Astin
Sean-Astin
98 total credits
Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971) is an American film actor, director, and producer better known for his film roles as Mikey Walsh in The Goonies, the title character of Rudy, and Samwise Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. In television, he appeared as Lynn McGill in the fifth season of 24. Most recently, he provided the voice for the title character in Disney's Special Agent Oso...(Wikipedia)
,
Howie Mandel
Howie-Mandel
26 total credits
Howie Mandel has 26 credits at Criticker, including: Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Little Monsters, America's Got Talent and Harrison Bergeron
,
Andrea Martin
Andrea-Martin
55 total credits
Andrea Martin has 55 credits at Criticker, including: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Wag the Dog, The Producers, Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Black Christmas
,
Miranda de Pencier
Miranda-de-Pencier
3 total credits
Miranda de Pencier has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Harrison Bergeron, The Grizzlies and Wild Roses

Genre:

Sci-fi

Country:

Canada

Language:

English
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