Here we have a definite candidate for the year's worst picture.
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09/24/05
Underclassman (2005)
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Reviews Counted:77
Fresh:6
Rotten:71
Average Rating:2.8/10
Consensus: Despite the appealing presence of Nick Cannon, Underclassman is a shopworn Beverly Hills Cop/ 21 Jump Street knockoff.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Nick Cannon plays Tracy "Tre" Stokes, a streetwise LA cop in 'Underclassman' which combines frenetic action with sharp-eared comedy. When a student at an elite private school gets murdered, the... [More]
Starring: Nick Cannon, Roselyn Sanchez, Shawn Ashmore, Cheech Marin
Director: Marcos Siega
Reviews for Underclassman
Cannon is abrasive and obnoxious, the comedy is not funny and the thrills are not thrilling.
09/09/05
Screenwriters David T. Wagner and Brent Goldberg don't have tin ears, exactly; they've just recycled every movie quip they've ever overheard.
09/01/05
It's off to detention for Underclassman, a remedial comedy for idiots.
09/02/05
Within that worn formula of cop-shop banter and implausible car chases, lanky Nick Cannon offers some mild entertainment for teenagers looking for a safe bet at the multiplex.
09/02/05
Lots of talent, all of it pretty well wasted here.
09/02/05
Underclassman can't seem to decide if it wants to be a cop comedy or take on a more serious tone. Either way, it doesn't succeed.
09/10/05
...a low rent Beverly Hills Cop wannabe.
10/10/05
Let me float the suggestion that it be rated PG-13-only, since anyone older than that will quickly realize he or she has better things to do than attend this pitiful Beverly Hills Cop retread.
09/02/05
A cop/teen movie so derivative it could have been written by a computer. Without human assistance.
09/02/05
It seems that the filmmakers behind Underclassman think that Nick Cannon is the second coming of comedy genius. The sad fact is that he ain't.
02/19/06
So far-fetched as to make Kindergarten Cop look comparatively austere.
09/01/05
Top CriticHowever unfortunate or sad it is that people enjoy experiencing mediocre quality cinema, if you have nothing more stimulating to do on a Friday night, Underclassman could provide the entertainment -- not enlightenment -- you seek.
12/06/05
Predictable is better than lifeless.
09/06/05
That sound you hear is from jet engines gassing up, about to zoom Underclassman to DVD-ville.
09/01/05
Why, oh why, would Nick Cannon, star of the perfectly marvelous (but too-little seen) “Drumline” star in this tasteless mess? Did success go to this young actor’s head?
09/03/05
Underclassman isn’t bad, it’s just lazy
09/02/05
Thanks to his charm and wit, Cannon's character eventually finds himself in with the school's in crowd, but his movie runs out of fresh ideas in the first 15 of its 95 minutes.
09/02/05
Nick Cannon isn't nearly as funny as he thinks he is
09/01/05
Underclassman doesn't even try to be good.
09/01/05
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