Absurd premise and weak script doom this comedy about haute-preschool angst.
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The Best and the Brightest
Overview
Set in the world of New York City's elite private kindergartens, The Best and the Brightest centers on a fresh-faced young couple, Samantha and Jeff, who have only recently moved into town. The comedy centers on their dawning realization of the lengths they must go to in order to get their five-year-old daughter into school.
Director and cast
- Josh Shelov Director
- Neil Patrick Harris as Jeff
- Bonnie Somerville as Samantha
- Peter Serafinowicz as Clark
- Bridget Regan as Robin
- Jenna Stern as Katharine Heilmann
- John Hodgman as Henry
- Kate Mulgrew as The Player's Wife
- Nina Hodoruk as Upper East Side Mom
- Michael Elian as Middle Eastern Bag Dealer
- Suzanne Savoy as Chapin Headmistress
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Josh Shelov's smug and smutty farce employs an estimable cast in an only sporadically funny story...
Far too many sitcom shenanigans crop up like clockwork...
A repellent comedy that's less fun than a parasite infection...
Flies off its comic rails after an engaging start, never to land back on solid ground.
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