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  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary LA's youngest cop Tre Stokes (Cannon) is about to get his biggest assignment: he must go undercover to break up a dangerous crime ring rooted in a upscale prep school. The deeper Tre goes the more dangerous and volatile the situation becomes. Fighting both his personal demons and the forces determined to take him down, he must risk every...

Directed By: Marcos Siega

Written By: Brent Goldberg, David Wagner, Nick Cannon

  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2005
  • PG-13
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 35 m

Underclassman

Metascore Overwhelming Dislike Based on 25 Critic Reviews
19
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 22 User Ratings
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Summary LA's youngest cop Tre Stokes (Cannon) is about to get his biggest assignment: he must go undercover to break up a dangerous crime ring rooted in a upscale prep school. The deeper Tre goes the more dangerous and volatile the situation becomes. Fighting both his personal demons and the forces determined to take him down, he must risk every...

Directed By: Marcos Siega

Written By: Brent Goldberg, David Wagner, Nick Cannon

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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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20% Mixed
5 Reviews
80% Negative
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Metascore
Overwhelming Dislike Based on 25 Critic Reviews
19
0% Positive
0 Reviews
20% Mixed
5 Reviews
80% Negative
20 Reviews

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50
If you have nothing more stimulating to do on a Friday night, Underclassman could provide the entertainment--not enlightenment--you seek.
By Stina Chyn FULL REVIEW
40
Some fairly standard shenanigans ensue, and when the clichéd high school culture clash stuff stops, there's clichéd cop movie stuff going on.
By Luke Y. Thompson FULL REVIEW
30
Nick Cannon, playing an L.A. cop who goes undercover as a prep school student, provides the few sparks this wan action-comedy can muster.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
25
A remedial comedy for idiots.
By Jami Bernard FULL REVIEW
25
The loserville teen comedy Underclassman is like a student project sloppily cribbed from other kids' notes -- kids who have seen "Rush Hour" and still can't get over how funny it is to stick a noisy black guy in a distinctly nonblack setting.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
12
Saved from total puff only by the obnoxiousness of its star, who seems to be laboring under the delusion that he's the next Eddie Murphy.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
0
The inconsistencies and continuity errors are staggering.
By Bill White FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 22 User Ratings
2.3
18% Positive
4 Ratings
5% Mixed
1 Rating
77% Negative
17 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 22 User Ratings
2.3
18% Positive
4 Ratings
5% Mixed
1 Rating
77% Negative
17 Ratings

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Production Company Underclassman Films Ltd., Miramax, Tapestry Films
Release Date Sep 2, 2005
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline A Comedy About Upholding The Law And Disturbing The Peace
Website https://www.miramax.com/movie/underclassman/
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