Critics Scoreboard
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Average Critic Score:
33
(10 sources)
33
(10 sources)
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67
Entertainment Weekly
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 Chronicle
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
Variety
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 Times
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-Times
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 Chronicle
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 Times
The laugh lines are mostly crude and the prevalent slapstick is weak and uneventful. Read Full Review » -
25
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25
USA Today
Face it. Parody comedies are no longer a laughing matter. [25 October 1996, p.5D] Read Full Review » -
20
TV Guide
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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