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  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary Richard C. Clark (Lovitz) is an idealistic young teacher who leaves a position at a prestigious school headed by his own father to teach at Marion Barry High - a notorious inner city school so tough that it has its own cemetery. (Sony)

Directed By: Hart Bochner

Written By: David Zucker, Robert LoCash, Pat Proft

  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • TriStar Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m

High School High

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary Richard C. Clark (Lovitz) is an idealistic young teacher who leaves a position at a prestigious school headed by his own father to teach at Marion Barry High - a notorious inner city school so tough that it has its own cemetery. (Sony)

Directed By: Hart Bochner

Written By: David Zucker, Robert LoCash, Pat Proft

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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30% Mixed
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60% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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30% Mixed
3 Reviews
60% Negative
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67
The Naked Gun writing team and actor-turned-director Hart Bochner do unto the stereotype of inner-city high schools what needs to be done to stereotyped inner-city high schools -- parody them silly -- in this high-flying, low-comedy production.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
50
Stupid yet cogent, High School High is a rapid-fire gag machine that's dopey enough to get belly laughs and smart enough to earn a C-plus as engaging entertainment.
By Peter Stack FULL REVIEW
40
There's not much sense to the plot. But the film makers' blunderbuss approach to humor, with visual and verbal jokes coming in profusion and scattering high and low, guarantees that just about every funnybone is bound to be hit, some more than once.
By Lawrence Van Gelder FULL REVIEW
30
The laugh lines are mostly crude and the prevalent slapstick is weak and uneventful.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
30
Lovitz is occasionally amusing, especially in his creative attempts to get through to his pupils, although his style of slow-take humor is a grave mismatch for this kind of frenzied comedy.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
25
Isn't just bad, it's very bad.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
20
Louise Fletcher is a walking sight gag as the evil principal, but just about every other gag falls flat and lies there, wheezing.
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.1
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5 Ratings
33% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.1
56% Positive
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33% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Production Company TriStar Pictures, Zucker Brothers Productions
Release Date Oct 25, 1996
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline A Dangerous Mind is a terrible thing to waste
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