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Kickin It Old Skool
Yari Film Group Releasing


3.2

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MPAA 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)

GENRE(S):	Comedy
WRITTEN BY:	Trace Slobotkin Josh Siegal Dylan Morgan
DIRECTED BY:	Harvey Glazer
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: August 28, 2007 Theatrical: April 27, 2007
RUNNING TIME:	minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

The ineptitude of the movie's drama is matched only by the failure of its humor.

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.

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.

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

Fails to live up to even the feeble potential of its premise.

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.

Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen

A witless, mind-numbingly inert comedy.

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.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

A pathetically unfunny comedy that should have been shipped straight to video, if not recycled as guitar picks.

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).

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.

Kickin It Old Skool Yari Film Group Releasing

Kickin It Old Skool
Yari Film Group Releasing