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- 2016
- PG
- CBS Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2016
- PG
- CBS Films
- 1 h 32 m
Summary Rafe has an epic imagination...and a slight problem with authority. Both collide when he transfers to an oppressive, rule-crazy middle school. Drowning in do's and don'ts, Rafe and his scheming best friend Leo hatch a plan to break every rule in the school's Code of Conduct. It's Ferris Bueller meets Home Alone as their battle with Princ...
Directed By: Steve Carr
- 2016
- PG
- CBS Films
- 1 h 32 m
- 2016
- PG
- CBS Films
- 1 h 32 m
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
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Summary Rafe has an epic imagination...and a slight problem with authority. Both collide when he transfers to an oppressive, rule-crazy middle school. Drowning in do's and don'ts, Rafe and his scheming best friend Leo hatch a plan to break every rule in the school's Code of Conduct. It's Ferris Bueller meets Home Alone as their battle with Princ...
Directed By: Steve Carr
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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38% Positive
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5 Reviews
38% Mixed
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5 Reviews
23% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
51
38% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
23% Negative
3 Reviews
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The fleeting counterbalance of seriousness makes the funny business marginally yet appreciably funnier.
Delivers an easily digestible and amusing portrait of youthful hijinks that should well please its target audience.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 User Ratings
6.1
42% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
36% Mixed
12 Ratings
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21% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 User Ratings
6.1
42% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
36% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
21% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
This is the BEST movie EVER! 1! Honestly I dont usually watch movies more than once but i had to make an exception for this one and ive seen it like 5 times plus! Man its good an hilarious! A lot of parts make me laugh so hard that i almost choke or something! Thanks steve carr i hope you make more movies like this in the future. Please dont give up and also Jeanne Galleta is awesome. I wish she were real! I have a crush on her majorly. But rafe and leo are my favorites in this movie. Cant imagine being either of these guys it would be so tremendously great. I keep watching little parts of this like everyday. I cant give up this movie. Nobody can rate this movie bad! Its way too good especially for someone like me. Well since you aren't real RIP Jeanne Galleta and may Steve Carr who is real have a great day and keep making great stuff that will make me laugh up. Although I must say, I cant believe Carr had some of the scenes cut out. Like the NO OUTSIDE FOOD scene and then rafe said why? This isn't a restaurant! And then she said you dont mess with me i was a PRO WRESTLER! 4 scenes were deleted from this movie and i wish steve could put them back in for me they would've made the movie SO MUCH BETTER! Thats the only down side I have for this movie but its okay really i dont care too much about it the movie is good as it is already its only cut 3 minutes short so yeah! Thanks to the director and producers for creating this awesome movie! I hope a new one gets made soon! Thanks Carr youre the best!
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It may not be the next Diary of a Wimpy Kid but, Middle School the Worst Years of My life still has many charm and humor to make it a good movie for all ages.
Rating: 91/100 Grade: A
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Better than middling as it sidesteps the trap of simply pandering to its youthful demo with cheap laughs and silly mugging.
The find here is Alexa Nisenson as Georgia, Rafe’s know-it-all little sister, who takes cars out for a spin. She is blessed with the best lines, comic and dramatic, and appears delightfully cognizant of the fact. If only the movie had more of her.
It's a so-so film with jarring tone changes and a plot that sputters before a predictable ending. But there are moments of inspiration and authenticity.
The wimpy kid here isn’t interesting, the “worst years” a dull exaggeration and the movie not worth the 92 minutes it takes to sit through.
The film’s attempts at comedy and sentimentality are equally unsuccessful, resulting in a movie that feels more like a third-rate “Saved by the Bell” knock-off than a legitimate teen flick.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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New school, new beginning and a new set of rules to adapt. What bad could happen.
Not good as I expected, either not bad as what the majority those who saw it says. The film was based on the book of the same name and the first one of I think in the nine book series. It tells the story of a middle school boy who transferred to a new school. Having no friends, straight he falls prey to a bully. Beyond that, the principal turns his life in the campus even harder with all his strict rules. His real adventure begins when he starts to break every rule and bring chaos, as well as joys in his schoolmates. From this, how the remaining story shapes are told with a twist.
There are similarities with this and many other films, particularly 'Wimpy Kid...'. Those interfering animations resemble that film. It's like a normal protocol in these days children film, so no complaint on that. But I'm very impressed with the quality. This film was too childish. I mean there's nothing wrong for the kids watching it, they will enjoy it. But for the adults, who had seen lots of middle school themed films of the 80s and the 90s, so it might look an average one. A good film for families with young kids. I particularly suggest to the such category audience.
The twist was unexpected. It was easy, but I did not go deep to predict that. I think most of you all too fail to see it coming. Particularly in a film like this who would think of it. That was not enough for me to like the overall film. It is entertaining in parts, but an average film from the inside and outside. Even though I hope they would turn the remaining books as well into the films. All these words I wrote in this review because of I'm being a non- target-audience. So if you are a kid or kid's film fan, ignore my saying and watch the film.
6/10
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Based on the best selling novel by the same name, it was widely believed that this would be the next Diary of a Wimpy Kid, sadly it was not. Griffin Gluck was fantastic is his first starring role, but the rest of the cast really didn't have much chemistry, and overall the film just wasn't all that funny. Rafe Katchadorian (Gluck) is a troubled kid, who is sent to his third and final Middle School in the district. It's very strict and if he doesn't follow the rules, he could be headed to military school. Once he gets there, Rafe learns that his principle (Andrew Daly) is beyond strict and decides to get back at him by anonymous breaking not one, but all his rules, causing a school wide rebellion. The story seemed like a good one, but the truth is the pranks weren't all that extreme or funny. The kids in the theater laughed more at the preview before the film than they did at the pranks in the movie. There were also times in the film where you expected the typical crude middle school humor, and while the writers set it up, they never delivered the punch line. That's not the only issue with this film, the kids had some chemistry, but the family didn't. Lauren Graham was terrible, as her character was completely different than that of her kids. She had no connection to them or any idea what was going on with them. But for as bad as she was, it was nothing compared to how awful Rob Riggle was. I have never been a fan of his, but he was beyond annoying in this film, his personality is just so obnoxious and over the top, that the last place he belongs is in a family film. Finally, the whole animation angle brings the movie to a dead stop. Gluck's character is an artist and likes to draw, and at times throughout the film, his drawings come to life in his imagination and take the place of what's happening on the screen, often at the worst possible times. The bottom line, for young actors in a family film, Gluck and Thomas Barbusca did a terrific job, but the story fails to live up to expectations, the humor just isn't there, and the whole thing was full of scenes that should have been left on the cutting room floor.
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The jokes and comedy are horrible, the revised story is just ridiculous, and is an insult to the book. I hated it a lot.
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Production Company
CBS Films,
James Patterson Entertainment,
Participant
Release Date Oct 7, 2016
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating PG
Tagline Rules aren't for everyone
Awards
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Nomination
Annie Awards
• 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination
