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2017
PG-13
GKIDS
1 h 15 m

2017
PG-13
GKIDS
1 h 15 m

Summary Dash (Jason Schwartzman) and his best friend Assaf (Reggie Watts) are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti (Maya Rudolph). But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys...

Directed By: Dash Shaw

Written By: Dash Shaw

2017
PG-13
GKIDS
1 h 15 m

2017
PG-13
GKIDS
1 h 15 m

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

72

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings

4.3

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Summary Dash (Jason Schwartzman) and his best friend Assaf (Reggie Watts) are preparing for another year at Tides High School muckraking on behalf of their widely-distributed but little-read school newspaper, edited by their friend Verti (Maya Rudolph). But just when a blossoming relationship between Assaf and Verti threatens to destroy the boys...

Directed By: Dash Shaw

Written By: Dash Shaw

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
17 Reviews

11% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 19 Critic Reviews

89% Positive
17 Reviews

11% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Sep 17, 2016

Not every moment stimulates a belly laugh, but that’s part of the point. My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea is more thoughtful than meets the eye, a cockeyed ode to what it feels like when nobody takes you seriously.

By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

Apr 12, 2017

Sinking Into the Sea is fun, but an hour of just Rudolph and Watts in the recording studio would be no less buoyant.

By Sherilyn Connelly FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 8 User Ratings

25% Positive
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38% Mixed
3 Ratings

38% Negative
3 Ratings

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25% Positive
2 Ratings

38% Mixed
3 Ratings

38% Negative
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Austin Chronicle

Apr 26, 2017

The film feels like the spirit of a zine come alive – with a few over-the-top, Muppet-esque explosions.

Apr 12, 2017

This handmade approach is a big part of the film’s DIY charm. It’s also a perfect match for the story, which seems to have been pulled, too, from the messy locker of teen-boy imagination.

By A.A. Dowd FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Apr 13, 2017

As externalized visions of high school hellishness go, Shaw’s doesn’t always translate into the most cohesively entertaining of mash-ups, but his techniques are attention-grabbers.

By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW

May 3, 2017

According to the closing credits, My Entire High School was six years in the making and is clearly something that Shaw felt he had to get out of his system with his feature film-directing debut. Mission accomplished, and very stylishly, too.

By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

Sep 17, 2016

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea feels like a first draft, the one that needed to be written before the second draft added flesh and blood.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Washington Square Films, Electric Chinoland, Low Spark Films

Release Date Apr 14, 2017

Duration 1 h 15 m

Rating PG-13

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Awards

Americana Film Fest

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Philadelphia Film Festival

• 2 Nominations

Indiewire Critics' Poll

• 2 Nominations

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