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Kickin It Old Skool
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Overwhelming dislike
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 29 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by:
Trace Slobotkin
Josh Siegal
Dylan Morgan
Directed by: Harvey Glazer
Release Date:
Theatrical: April 27, 2007
DVD: August 28, 2007
Running Time: minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for crude and sexual content and language
Starring Jamie Kennedy, Maria Menounos, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Michael Rosenbaum, Christopher McDonald, Debra Jo Rupp, Bobby Lee, and Aris Alvarado
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 debt of his medical costs, Justin must rally his former squad, bust a move, and win back the girl of his dreams. (Yari FIlm Group)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
TV Guide Ken Fox
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.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
For a film that has nothing to offer but lazy '80s nostalgia, Kickin' It Old Skool doesn't even bother to get the details right.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
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.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Probably as tolerable as it can be for a comedy with no obvious creative aim. You can imagine the crew cracking up on some outtake reel, which honestly is what this movie feels like.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
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.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
The ineptitude of the movie's drama is matched only by the failure of its humor.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub
A very stupid movie, with many more failed jokes than successful ones. Worse yet, much of the comedy is kind of mean.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
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.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Fails to live up to even the feeble potential of its premise.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
As appealing as acid-washed jeans, Kickin' It Old Skool exists solely to provide employment for aggressively abrasive comic actor Jamie Kennedy.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Jim Ridley
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.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
A pathetically unfunny comedy that should have been shipped straight to video, if not recycled as guitar picks.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Josh Rosenblatt
Kennedy’s humor comes from the broad, brainless, lowest-common-denominator school (in other words, he was born to play a grown man with the intelligence of an boy).
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 3.2 (out of 10) based on 29 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Christopher W. gave it a0:
Absolute unabashed crap! That's it!
Ryan gave it a9:
I thought it was funny, and had some great break dancing.
Will C gave it a10:
I don't know what you guys are talking about, I actually thought it was pretty funny.
Devon B. gave it a0:
Boistrous, juvenile, and unnecessary. "Kickin It Old School" dives into a pool of water where there are no jokes to begin with. Ouch!
Cameron S. gave it a1:
Almost all the funny scenes are in the commercial, its extremely awkward, and not literally a shun to the rest of the comedic world.
Leonard B gave it a0:
He had his 15 minutes with the first Scream movie now it's time to take him behind the barn and pull a Mark Paul Gosseler.
ofarevolution441 gave it a0:
OOH! Almost as low a rating as Delta Farce. Definitely not bothering with this one. Good luck with the cult following because this one bombed.
