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VHS : StonebrookIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Brad Rowe, Seth Green, Zoe McLellan, Stanley Kamel, William Mesnik directed by: Byron W. Thompson  List Price: $9.94 Price: $1.88 You Save: $8.06 (81%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780792846277 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 0792846273 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Release Date: July 10, 2001 Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: April 30, 1999 Sales Rank: 94322 Related Items: Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Whenever a farm kid gets accepted to a fancy college, there is the potential for comedy (Loser) or for thriller-like tragedy (The Skulls). From the opening voice-over narration, Stonebrook opts to be the fish-out-of-water thriller. With the help of a friend of the family, 23-year-old Erik (Brad Rowe) gets a scholarship to the Ivy League-type school called Stonebrook. His dorm-mate is a nerdy hacker named Cornelius (Seth Green). When his scholarship is yanked, the two of them team up to pull increasingly ambitious scams to keep him in tuition money, eventually crossing paths with mob boss Mr. Tali (Stanley Kamel). While Rowe is perfectly fine playing off his Brad Pitt looks with his Brad Pitt style of indifferent acting, Green turns in a disappointing performance. The stronger actor of the two, Green has been consistently good in movies (Austin Powers) and on TV (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), but for some reason this time he decided to overplay his nerd characteristics as if he were a reject from Weird Science. Then there's the plot. With its scams within scams within scams, logic soon flies out the window and the question of who's scamming whom is quickly replaced with "Who cares?" In the end, Stonebrook wants to be a college version of The Usual Suspects but doesn't quite make the grade. --Andy Spletzer Average Rating:
 Rating: - THE THREE "G'S"Good acting, good story and good price. The image and sound are fine, altough it does have that straight-to-video look about it. This is a movie I could rewatch. It is not exactly a classic, but it is entertaining. I do not regret viewing this. Rating:  - seth green kicks!!Seth Green is my favorite actor, period. This movie is ok, but the shootout at the finale feels dumb but its uplifted by its striking sorta "The Usual Suspects" ending, which I liked in this movie. Green sorta dissapeared for like god knows how many minutes making people think hes dead but then comes back, great performance by him, in a geeky way. a must see for Green fans Rating: - A Pleasanst SurpriseSome think this was a direct to video movie and it was not. I personally saw this movie at the theatre! I can say I was honestly surprised. It is very suspensful, with a number of unexpected twists. Brad Rowe is very believing in the character he plays. I personally saw a couple of the scenes in this movie being filmed in Chapel Hill, NC, and it is a professional flick, not amateur as stated by a couple of other reviews here. If you like suspense, thrillers, twists, catch this movie! Rating: - A Pleasanst SurpriseSome think this was a direct to video movie and it was not. I personally saw this movie at the theatre! I can say I was honestly surprised. It is very suspensful, with a number of unexpected twists. Brad Rowe is very believing in the character he plays. I personally saw a couple of the scenes in this movie being filmed in Chapel Hill, NC, and it is a professional flick, not amateur as stated by a couple of other reviews here. If you like suspense, thrillers, twists, catch this movie! Rating:  - A disappointing indie in which the audience is the markI picked this direct-to-video film up based on my respect for Seth Green. It was, unfortunately, a mistake. This movie, a first-time venture for both Byron Thompson and Steve Morris, ends up failing in so many respects that its skipping theatrical release was as predictable as much of its plot. While the indie market is flourishing, more films like this could stop it in its tracks. When Erik (Brad Rowe) enters the ivy-league Stonebrook on a bogus family scholarship engineered ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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