Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

It's a movie full of good moments and interesting people.....the storyline silliness is instead just an excuse for us to hang out with some enjoyable characters for eighty-some minutes.....his cast is loaded with pure charm, most notably Fugit, who's so easily watchable in everything he does.... ... Full Review

The cast is stellar. Having the main character be a pretentious, philosophy loving jerk makes it hard to invest in the story. The film also goes off on bizarre tangents. over-the-top antics stall the story ... Full Review

Science geeks will love what "the book" represents, romance fans will dig the chemistry between the beauty (Wilde) and the geek....it also places the normally annoying Matthew Lillard in a role where he's not only funny, but actually quite sympathetic.....First-time writer/director Scott Lew does a top-notch job, collecting an eclectic cast, honing an intriguing concept....The leads, Fugit and Wilde, deliver a pair of excellent performances.....those who enjoy bong humor and creative profanity, well, they'l ... Full Review

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. One of the most colorful surprises of the 2006 SXSW Film Festival, Bickford Schmeckler's Cool Ideas is a great little mixture of sophomoric college humor, alarming smarts, and memorably cool characters. ... Full Review

BOP has a warm spot in its heart for Patrick Fugit. Ever since he starred as the precocious William Miller in our treasured Almost Famous, we've hoped that he might find a project that would allow his charm and talent... ... Full Article

D: Scott Lew; with Patrick Fugit, Olivia Wilde, Matthew Lillard, Cheryl Hines, John Cho, Fran Kranz His actual ideas are sophomoric cosmo-babble, but this genial farce loves its titular hero (Fugit), a frat-house basement dweller whose journal falls through the... ... Full Article

Fortunately, the character name is Lew's only big mistake in a movie that is otherwise delightfully silly, off-kilter, and unexpectedly sweet. The eccentricities on display here seldom feel as forced as one would expect, and as the story builds, the... ... Full Article

As a screenwriter, if you want to get right to the point, you give your characters names that telegraph their personalities. Fat women are named Bertha; nerds are named Marvin; middle-aged moms are named Susan or Debbie; average joes are... ... Full Article