High School High
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: October 25, 1996 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
3
Negative:
6
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67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
The Naked Gun writing team and actor-turned-director Hart Bochner do unto the stereotype of inner-city high schools what needs to be done to stereotyped inner-city high schools -- parody them silly -- in this high-flying, low-comedy production. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
Stupid yet cogent, High School High is a rapid-fire gag machine that's dopey enough to get belly laughs and smart enough to earn a C-plus as engaging entertainment. Read full review
50
VarietyAndrew Hindes
Like a student who studies hard but just doesn't have the smarts, this joyless send-up of the "Dangerous Minds," "Stand and Deliver," idealistic-teacher-in-a-ghetto-school genre plods along earnestly with barely passing grades. Read full review
40
The New York TimesLawrence Van Gelder
There's not much sense to the plot. But the film makers' blunderbuss approach to humor, with visual and verbal jokes coming in profusion and scattering high and low, guarantees that just about every funnybone is bound to be hit, some more than once. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie makes two mistakes: (1) It isn't very funny, and (2) it makes the crucial error of taking its story seriously and angling for a happy ending. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Lovitz is occasionally amusing, especially in his creative attempts to get through to his pupils, although his style of slow-take humor is a grave mismatch for this kind of frenzied comedy. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
The laugh lines are mostly crude and the prevalent slapstick is weak and uneventful. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Isn't just bad, it's very bad. Read full review
25
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
Face it. Parody comedies are no longer a laughing matter. [25 October 1996, p.5D]
20
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
Louise Fletcher is a walking sight gag as the evil principal, but just about every other gag falls flat and lies there, wheezing. Read full review
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