General Education

Name: General Education
Genre: Comedy
Released: August 24, 2012
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 21
Cast: Chris Sheffield, Janeane Garofalo, Larry Miller, Maiara Walsh

2012

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Warner Bros. Digital Distribution | Release Date: August 24, 2012 | PG--13

Starring: Chris Sheffield, Janeane Garofalo, Larry Miller, Maiara Walsh

Summary: Levi Collins is set to go to the local University on a tennis scholarship, but he forgot to tell his parents one thing – he didn’t graduate. As a result, he must take summer school before his mom and dad discover he’s failed senior science. At school, Levi falls in love with his classmate, Katie, and learns that he has to make a choiceLevi Collins is set to go to the local University on a tennis scholarship, but he forgot to tell his parents one thing – he didn’t graduate. As a result, he must take summer school before his mom and dad discover he’s failed senior science. At school, Levi falls in love with his classmate, Katie, and learns that he has to make a choice between playing tennis and receiving a proper education. General Education is a quirky comedy about a family learning to grow together. (Pelican House Productions)… Expand

Director: Tom Morris

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: PG--13

Runtime: 94 min

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Alison Willmore

Aug 22, 2012

The film owes a lot to "Napoleon Dynamite," though it could have borrowed more of the underlying sweetness of Jared Hess' film, and less of other things, like its eyebrow-raising treatment of race. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Aug 23, 2012

Among the problems with the humorless comedy General Education is that the lead character's sister is more interesting than he is, and she spends much of her screen time as a mute mime. Read full review

Barbara VanDenburgh

Aug 30, 2012

General Education is kind of like a science-fair project slapped together at the last minute -- a sad, withered potato pierced with copper wires, rotting on the counter next to a resplendent baking-soda volcano. You can't help but feel a little sorry for the poor spud. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Aug 23, 2012

Wavers between extreme silliness and unbearable earnestness. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Aug 23, 2012

As generic and forgettable as its title, this half-hearted attempt at a teen comedy feels like a term paper you might buy online: poorly written and cribbed from a million other sources. Read full review

Nick Schager

Aug 19, 2012

Too derivative to be amusing and too earnest to be parodic, it assumes the form of countless other teen comedies minus any wit or drama. Read full review

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Meth-dude

Dec 27, 2016

It is a very average and unoriginal comedy, It wasn't particularly funny, most characters were pretty stereotypical and it was pretty predictable, but it was entertaining enough to keep you interested.

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