Paramount Pictures | Release Date: July 22, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
0
Negative:
7
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It's no thigh-slapper like the Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School," but it's exceptionally good-natured and perceptive, and Harmon, in his first starring screen role, is a real charmer. [22 July 1987]
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USA TodayJack Curry
Summer School is like summer school: you go, then quickly realize you would much rather be doing something else. [22 July 1987]
25
It has a lack of ambition and energy that is almost total: It's the most this movie can do to roll over and ask for a little more lotion on its back. [22 July 1987]
25
Harmon proves that he can act stupid, and that's not enough to make the movie funny… You're supposed to like Freddy (Harmon), and you're supposed to like his brainless students… But you hate everybody. [24 July 1987]