Sky High
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: July 29, 2005
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MarkB.Aug 25, 2005
This Disney-produced spoof about a high school for budding young superheroes has to contend with two huge, Kryptonite-like obstacles from the outset. It's the third movie in less than a year to deal with a superfamily, what with this This Disney-produced spoof about a high school for budding young superheroes has to contend with two huge, Kryptonite-like obstacles from the outset. It's the third movie in less than a year to deal with a superfamily, what with this summer's Fantastic Four handling the concept competently and last fall's The Incredibles doing so brilliantly and definitively--so enough already, already. And it's directed by Mike Mitchell, who inflicted Surviving Christmas and the original Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo upon the undeserving world; if you feel as I do that there's nothing more painful to sit through than a bad comedy, then those two were the equivalent of Drano enemas. Well, Mitchell must have acquired some superpowers of his own recently, because Sky High is surprisingly witty, refreshing entertainment for kids AND adults...at least two-thirds of the way. Lots of funny bits ensue as the superschool divides its students into "heroes" (those with impressive powers) and "sidekicks" (those whose powers are either nonexistent or uncool). I especially liked the self-duplicating cheerleader squad and the girl who morphs at will into an animal considerably less awe-inspiring than a lion or eagle, and found Dave Foley (TV's NewsRadio) and Bruce Campbell (the Evil Dead movies, Bubba Ho-Tep) consistently amusing as, respectively, the headmaster of sidekick school and the coach. Unfortunately, the fun drains out in the final half-hour when the movie focuses increasingly on an Archie, Betty and Veronica adolescent triangle, and the really strange, eleventh-hour "what the hell were they THINKING?!?" twist not only seems desperate and tacked-on, but actually negates the "Sidekicks are People Too" theme that the movie seems to be shooting for. There's too much about Sky High to like to totally dismiss it, but it just doesn't hold up: what a shame that, as far as superpowers go, the film starts out soaring above the clouds but eventually opts for invisibility.… Expand
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MichaelDJun 23, 2011
Yeah the movie was mediocre at best. Not what I would call a masterpiece but if your looking for a movie for the family, give this a try.
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ZilcellMay 29, 2012
Its probably the most formulatic superhero movie of all time but it has an interesting story and the characters are much better than they could have been.
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6
RyanAJun 26, 2018
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sky High – the movie that was my favourite for a while when I was young. Now that I’ve seen it again, I laughed at a few moments and was okay for the movie to be for the most part. This “for the most part” is where I kind of regret seeing the movie. From a second watch, the movie had some questionable morals of the story such as the simplicity of life and the quickness life actually hits you. From what I’ve gathered from the movie, it’s okay that you are naïve with perceptions of reality. The movie tended told me that everyone’s going to directly tell me their intentions and be obvious with whom they are. I get it. It’s a kids movie. I was a kid when I watched it. It’s not true. Trust may be built from being together for an arbitrary length of time (in the movie, 8-9 years – I don’t know what grade high school starts there), but to gain trust after it was lost should be better than “yes I know what you did, I will now realize your intentions are better now that you’ve spammed me with phone calls and this person that talked for you at a party is actually evil”. Situations in real life this simplistic don’t occur. Nothing’s cut and dry as to what needs to be done for someone. There will be situations where realizing something by luck will be much too slow to say save a life, fix a relationship, or save one’s own life. Deeper questioning and more time are required.
To get to the bottom of someone’s problems, one needs time and effort. It’s not a “here I am, an obvious bad guy/girl that will happen to fix your life,” it should be a deep heart-to-heart conversation/dialogue talk that truly tries to get problems. Seeing reality as finding a solution to an immediate problem does not help core issues that one or another individual may have. Fixing core problems will not happen by happenchance. The more people think that an issue will resolve itself or in real life be more problematic, be solved by someone else (the bystander effect), the less likely the issue will be resolved. In the movie, the character Warren Peace is at odds with the main character Will Stronghold because of family issues. The two of them eventually become best friends. How? They won some sort of heroes vs. villains thing, then Will was sulky about having his best friend walk out on him and mentioned it to Warren how he’s not going to homecoming, and now suddenly there’s an evil person that’s turning everyone into babies, they’re all buddy-buddy. Evil is an odd choice to bring people together, but it’s the way that it did bring heroes together, yay! Now I have no idea how to succeed with life! But for real, to fix, mend, or make a relationship, true conversations are needed. If no choices are made by an individual (say me), and I decide to wait for a shining moment, there is a chance that I will be passed up. Why? There’s no time left. People will not generally want to inconvenience me.
I would love to rat out this movie and say that it has caused all of my life problems, but if I, myself, am not willing to fix my own problems or become conscious of my reality, I can’t really say that I have never played victim before. What is my suggestion to watching a movie like this? Watch it, think what you think about it and if you need guidance following the movie, ask for it/look for it sooner than later. It may not be minor and it may need time to fix. I understand if you have not made any sense out of this, but keeping shallow perceptions of reality will only hinder you later in life. Overall, I’ll put this at 5.8/10.… Expand
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SuperheroMoviesAug 5, 2013
As far as kids films go, this superhero kids flick is a blast with fun to spare for both kids as well as their parents. Loads of wit and humor make this film worth the time.
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MovieGuysMar 22, 2014
Sky High wanders into the cheesy and boring side of movies more times that not. The movie just isn't all that enjoyable, with its familiar plot and cookie-cutter characters.
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amheretojudgeOct 24, 2019
We are letting it go a lot and in return we occasionally get a few morbid chuckles to survive.

Sky High The director Mike Mitchell grabs a teenage superhero flick like a fascinating idea. Don't get me wrong, it is. The metaphors are sugarWe are letting it go a lot and in return we occasionally get a few morbid chuckles to survive.

Sky High

The director Mike Mitchell grabs a teenage superhero flick like a fascinating idea. Don't get me wrong, it is. The metaphors are sugar coated or more precisely cloaked or masked in a way to gather the crowd lickety split. But let's be honest. You need someone like Edgar Wright to stay true to the tone of the insanity of the genre. What Wright did in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, is simply untouchable. The zip in his language is still untouched. And malleability, that never gives the audience room enough to be shocked or be distant with the imageries, is to be inspired from.

Which by now, you can guess that this is what I had a problem with. With this film. The film's first half is incredibly transparent. And the second half exactly as we could see through, in the first. So why does it still hold on to you. It is not the good old sleazy one liners. It is not the endorsement of its concept. It is definitely not the "I will not be that kind of a film" attitude. It is actually daring to go where one would never go. Wise ones. And that is to still rely upon those denials.

There is nothing wrong with crafting a film just to shock the viewers. Just not to give them what they get, what they expect. You can shape it however you like. The only issue, then, is with the antics that they are stepping upon. You can distract the viewers, but don't expect the distraction to be the spine of the narration. Dodging answers is not an answer. Dodging is making a choice. And choices are the worst aspect of the film. From the visual effects department to flawed characters and questionable premises they and the school and this entire world is set upon.… Expand
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Rickniks38May 8, 2022
This movie is basically a live action version of My Hero Academia and you can't tell me it's not.
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