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Recess: School's Out
Walt Disney Pictures
MPAA RATING: G for General Audiences
Starring
Allyce Beasley,
Dabney Coleman,
Rickey D'Shon Collins,
Jason Davis,
Ashley Johnson,
Andrew Lawrence,
and
Courtland Mead (Voices)
The school year is finally over, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to a fun-filled summer. Boredom quickly sets in, until T.J. uncovers a scheme to do away with summer vacation! (Disney)
| GENRE(S): |
Family/Kids
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Jonathan Greenberg
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Chuck Sheetz
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 7, 2001
Video: August 7, 2001
Theatrical: February 16, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
84 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Based on the television program "Disney's Recess."

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Wesley Morris
It's fun, it's kind of somber and it succeeds in making you think about how you might be squandering middle age.

75
Miami Herald
Christine Dolen
If your kid is a fan of Disney's "Recess," one of the hotter properties on ABC's Saturday morning cartoon lineup, the new inspired-by-the-TV-show movie, Recess: School's Out, will be quite a hit.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Refreshingly subversive.
70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The movie's great fun, particularly for kids used to that satirically hard-edged kind of kid show.

63
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
A reasonably entertaining cartoon feature.
63
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It's fast-footed and fun. "Rugrats in Paris" had charms for grownups, however, Recess: School's Out seems aimed more directly at grade-schoolers.

63
Chicago Tribune
Loren King
An amusing and entertaining animated feature, and it's harmless enough for the elementary-school set.

50
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Creator producers Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere have come up with some unexceptional children and underdeveloped adults.

50
Film.com
Sean Means
For 8- to 12-year-olds and the grownups who love them, Recess is a pleasant Saturday-matinee diversion. The fact that it doesn't aim to be anything more is, in its own way, a blessed relief.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Seems to have been made entirely for people who were kids during the Johnson administration.

50
USA Today
Mike Clark
The result is passably speedy on the level of other TV retreads that seem miscast on the big screen.

42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak
Pretty silly stuff, designed to appeal more to older kids and adults than the toddler brigade.

40
Los Angeles Times
Miles Beller
Complacent yet competent animation kids will enjoy despite its mundane nature.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marrit Ingman
The film never gets too far beyond disposable youth fare, best consumed like mouthfuls of sugary cereal.

40
LA Weekly
Paul Malcolm
It boasts none of the studio's high-gloss animation. That said, Recess is not without its charms.

40
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
A cute send-up of preadolescent stereotypes.

40
TV Guide
Frank Lovece
The movie's uninspired animation (including primitive, blocky computer imagery) doesn't help, nor do its astonishingly stereotyped characters.

31
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
The movie is so slovenly in its animation and graceless in its writing that few viewers over the age of 9 are likely to notice.

30
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
The unfortunate thing is that children will probably waste their summers indoors watching "Recess" over and over again.

20
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Animation is dull and characterless, and vocal talent has evidently received blanket direction to, when in doubt, shout.


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