- Studio: Paramount Pictures
- Release Date: Jul 22, 1987
- Starring: Kirstie Alley, Mark Harmon
- Summary:
- Director: Carl Reiner
- Genre(s): Comedy, Romance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 9
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Mixed: 0 out of 9
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Negative: 7 out of 9
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90It's no thigh-slapper like the Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School," but it's exceptionally good-natured and perceptive, and Harmon, in his first starring screen role, is a real charmer. [22 July 1987]
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70Proud to be junk food, but it still tackles the serious subjects of illiteracy, teen-age pregnancy and young adult alcoholism. [22 July 1987]
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38Summer School is like summer school: you go, then quickly realize you would much rather be doing something else. [22 July 1987]
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30The film's only bright idea is a duo named Chain Saw (Cameron) and Dave (Riley), who love horror films and instigate grisly but imaginative practical jokes, like pretending to be attacked by bunnies when the class makes a field trip to a petting zoo. [22 July 1987, p.C22]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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