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  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Yari Film Group Releasing
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Yari Film Group Releasing
  • 1 h 49 m

Summary In 1986, a freak break dancing accident landed Justin Schumacher (Kennedy) in a coma. Now, 20 years later, he is waking up to a new world and discovering that the more things change, the more he's stayed the same. With the girl of his dreams (Menounos) engaged to marry is grade-school nemesis (Rosenbaum), and his parents drowning in the ...

Directed By: Harvey Glazer

Written By: Trace Slobotkin, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan

  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Yari Film Group Releasing
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2007
  • PG-13
  • Yari Film Group Releasing
  • 1 h 49 m

Kickin It Old Skool

Metascore Overwhelming Dislike Based on 14 Critic Reviews
18
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 67 User Ratings
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Summary In 1986, a freak break dancing accident landed Justin Schumacher (Kennedy) in a coma. Now, 20 years later, he is waking up to a new world and discovering that the more things change, the more he's stayed the same. With the girl of his dreams (Menounos) engaged to marry is grade-school nemesis (Rosenbaum), and his parents drowning in the ...

Directed By: Harvey Glazer

Written By: Trace Slobotkin, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan

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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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21% Mixed
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79% Negative
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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0% Positive
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21% Mixed
3 Reviews
79% Negative
11 Reviews

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Some of the humor is pretty raunchy (there are quite a few sex-related scenes and jokes) and tasteless. Adults old enough to appreciate the choice electro-boogaloo soundtrack and get the "Mr. Roboto" jokes will doubtless find the rest of it painfully dumb.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
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A romantic subplot is formulaic, and, most disappointing, the break-dance sequences don't sizzle, though the film's director, Harvey Glazer, is known for his music videos. Keep an eye out, however, for some nutty cameos.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
30
An inauspicious feature debut for director Harv Glazer and all three scenarists, the "Big"-meets-breakdancing comedy will be kickin' it to ancillary by swimsuit season.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
20
About eight minutes of this comedy is devoted to some terrific breakdancing; the rest consists of wall-to-wall product placement and politically incorrect bad-taste comedy.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
12
As appealing as acid-washed jeans, Kickin' It Old Skool exists solely to provide employment for aggressively abrasive comic actor Jamie Kennedy.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
10
This ostensible comedy may be a new depths-of-hell low in the Emmanuel Lewis filmography, but for star Jamie Kennedy it’s par for the coarse.
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A pathetically unfunny comedy that should have been shipped straight to video, if not recycled as guitar picks.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW

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5.4
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7% Mixed
5 Ratings
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28 Ratings

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Mixed or Average Based on 67 User Ratings
5.4
51% Positive
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7% Mixed
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42% Negative
28 Ratings

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Production Company Jizzy Entertainment, Hi-Def Entertainment, Bob Yari Productions, Kickin' It Old Skool Productions
Release Date Apr 27, 2007
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Breakdancing isn't dead. It's been in a coma.
Website https://mt2.org/uyeler/kickin-it-old-skool.15275/
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