High School High

HIGH SCHOOL HIGH, in my opinion, is an excellent, gut-busting, in-your-face high school comedy! If you ask me, Paco (Guillermo Díaz) and Miss Doyle (Louise Fletcher) were pure bullies! Mr. Clark (Jon Lovitz) and Miss Chapell (Tia Carrere), on the other hand, were very good, attractive, strict, and business-like teachers. I really loved their styles. When Mr. Clark got that shock when he first entered the classroom, I laughed really hard. Oh, man, that was funny! Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say, "Be cool. Go all the way in high school!" Now, in conclusion, if you're a fan of Jon Lovitz, and, you haven't seen this excellent, gut-busting, in-your-face high school comedy, I highly recommend it! You're in for lots of gut-busting laughs, so go to the video store, rent it or buy it, kick back with a friend, and watch it.

High School High casts Jon Lovitz who works at a posh prep school where the headmaster is is father Jon Neville. Seeking a challenge he changes cultures from that world to inner city Marion Barry high school. It ain't what he's used to. Still somehow he breaks through although God only knows how and principal's assistant Tia Carrere although what she sees in him we can only guess. But the story is far from ver. The fabled Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Louise Fletcher is the principal of Marion Barry. Changing professions fro medicine to education hasn't changed her personality. You have no idea what she does for a sideline. The comedy is low brow and lame. But at one point it becomes offensive. I don't think rape is really a subject for humor and when bad kid Guillermo Diaz tries to rape Carrere and the attack is fended off it wasn't al that funny. I don't think too many women would find it funny, in fact it's offensive. This one is one to pass on.

High School High is a very decent spoof comedy written by comedic geniuses Pat Proft and David Zucker. You recognize all these ordinary high school dramas like Dangerous Minds, The Substitute, High School Confidential and many others. And off-course there's many very absurd scenes that is very common to screenplays by Zucker. Also you can enjoy performance of Jon Lovitz. His character Richard Clark isn't stupid and clumsy like we know all Leslie Nielsens characters but just naive. At the same time Lovitz doesn't leave a strike that he is taking it all too seriously. Louise Fletcher's and Tia Carrere's performances were in full seriousness at the same time. They both played like in usual roles in usual high school films. High School High is a bit underrated but might not be as brilliant than the other films by Zucker/Craft but still it has it's moments.

Jon Lovitz stars in a movie so bad, it had to go under my label of `brilliant stupidity,' which is a good thing by my standards. Not only was the humor great, the jokes in the film proved to be funny without the overabundance of potty jokes and bodily excrement. There are so many great moments to high light in this film, and it hits its marks pretty most of the time. Tia Carrere was also good in this film, being out of place yet ravishing in her role. One of those films you need to watch with friends or when drunk, or both.