A bit bland compared to Reiner's Steve Martin comedies, but engagingly played.
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06/24/06
Summer School (1987)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:16
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A laid-back high school coach (Mark Harmon) reluctantly forfeits a Hawaiian vacation to teach remedial English to a class of likable misfits. This goofy comedy tells the sweetly inspiring story of... [More]
Starring: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Patrick Labyorteaux
Director: Carl Reiner
Reviews for Summer School
Top CriticA surprise for anyone expecting just another dumb teen sex comedy
01/01/00
A comedy so listless, leisurely and unspirited that it was an act of the will for me to care about it, even while I was watching it.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe moral is a sweet one: If you try, you never fail. The world is graded on a curve.
01/01/00
Mr. Harmon has an easygoing attractiveness, but neither he nor anyone else seems comfortable with the film's antic pace. And for all its busyness, this comedy has no real focus, ricocheting from character to character with wearying abandon.
05/20/03
Top Criticif there was any justice in the world we'd be seeing reruns of this on TNT every Sunday instead of endless repeats of Sixteen Candles and its ilk
05/31/04
Summer School might lack a hipster razor edge, but its funnybone personality is larger than life. It's a film I adore for its purity of intentions.
05/15/07
Here are some of Summer School's favorite things: idiocy, illiteracy, irresponsibility, drunkenness, dumbness and debauchery. Piqued?
01/01/00
Reiner keeps everything moving while letting Harmon do the heavy lifting as his young co-stars sprinkle the chuckles around.
05/14/07
Another failure in Harmon's attempt to move from TV to the big screen.
07/25/07
Cliches abound in this silly outing. Not the brightest moment for any of those involved.
10/19/04
Okay teen/romantic comedy with pleasant players.
08/02/04
Above average comedy. Mark Harmon is perfectly down to earth, and the supporting characters are all memorable.
07/25/02
Not as lame as you'd think. It really is funny.
02/06/03
Good-hearted, light-headed comedy.
10/08/02
No review available.
10/04/02
No review available.
07/02/03
No review available.
12/05/03
No review available.
09/20/05
Latest News for Summer School
July 12, 2005:
Paramount is Sending Us Back to "Summer School"
Screenwriters Kyle Pennekamp & Scott Turpel have been enlisted by Paramount to pen a remake of the 1987 comedy "Summer School," says Variety. More...
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