High School High (1996)
A film review by Ben Hoffman
Copyright 1996 Ben Hoffman
It is not bad enough that our schools are in bad shape. It is not bad enough that illiteracy in the United States is so high. What we do not need is a movie that lays it on in thick globs that demean everyone. In addition it is a boring film.
I never liked Jon Lovitz whom I compare to Chevy Chase. Both have sneers that turn me off. Lovitz, in addition, affects a dumb look as his idea of being a comic. In HIGH SCHOOL HIGH, he is a teacher at a private school who opts to leave in order to teach at an inner city school. There he encounters every kind of mischief and worse. There he finds a principal (Louise Fletcher) who uses a baseball bat to keep the "students" in line. That this is the same Fletcher who was so good in ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, is hard to believe. . . and it is very sad that she cannot get a better role.
Also starring in the cast are Tina Carrere and John Neville.
I would have liked to review more of the film but after one half hour of this disgusting display I left. It has been several years since I walked out before a screening was over but that happened twice in this one week. Baaaad.
This was supposed to be a NAKED GUN type of movie, or AIRPLANE, but it fell flat on its face because it lacked the wit that the other films had.
Directed by Hart Bochner in his first feature-length film.
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