A few scenes between Fleiss and James Costa as his skinny-dork classmate nicely evoke knockabout adolescent-male friendship, but celebrity cameos (Camryn Manheim as a grotesquely mean teacher, Ethan Hawke as a sandals-sporting guidance counselor) overwhelm the slight story. As Fleiss' abusive father, Val Kilmer (Whaley's ''Doors'' costar) puffs out his potbelly, apparently believing that gaining weight for a role puts you in a league with Robert De Niro. That's a load of raging bull.
IRREGULAR 'JOE' Fleiss takes a backseat to hard-driving dad Kilmer
EW's GRADE
CDetails Rated: R; Genre: Drama; With: Noah Fleiss and Val Kilmer
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