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Spoof of "dedicated educator" films in which two teachers face truly dangerously strange minds in their efforts to help teens.Amazon.com
Jon Lovitz stars in this spoof of high school movies along the lines of Dangerous Minds, stories of dedicated teachers in tough inner-city schools plagued by gangs and guns. (Yada, yada...) It should come as no surprise that the film is made by the team that created Airplane! and the Naked Gun comedies. High School High is built upon the same brand of goofy, jokey humor, with gags about campus vending machines that dispense malt liquor and milk cartons with the assistant principal's face printed on the side. The story involves Lovitz's efforts to raise his students' grades while coping with criminals and falling for a fellow instructor (Tia Carrere). The film loses its novelty after a short while and the jokes begin to feel less and less funny until you're begging for the end. But the first part of the movie--when the premise is being set up--is pretty good. --Tom KeoghSimilarProduct
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Exaggerated but very funny 
by .. Stuart Ogilvie (Huntington Beach, CA USA)
I love this movie. As a high school teacher with the Los Angeles Unified School District, I can say that much of the student behavior the movie portrays is greatly exaggerated, but that is strictly for humor. For example, the scene where Lovitz drives up in front of the school and a bomb explodes on the second floor and blows out several windows. I find that hilarious, but I doubt that ever occurred in a LAUSD school. Also, Lovitz's jacket completely covered with gum wads thrown by his students is over the top, BUT one semester I had to use a math teacher's room for one period, and I noticed that the top half of the wall in the front of the class was similarly coated with gum wads. I beleive the movie's purpose is to skewer the feel-good teen movies like "Stand and Deliver," which I also enjoy. If you enjoy high-school genre movies, I would also recommend "Lean on Me" (based on a true story), and Dangerous Minds.
Really funny - recommended by .. Doctor.Generosity (Western Massachusetts)
Movies like this don't get much respect but this one is really cute. The plot is nothing special, a predictable comedy formula; Jon Lovitz is a bumbling but good-hearted schlemiel of a teacher in a wild inner city school. But the movie is well written with great jokes and sight gags. At the beginning, Lovitz is teaching in a fancy private school, where the receptionist answers the phone "Are you white?" before she directs the call. The depiction of the mean, arrogant rich boys who study there is painfully accurate. Then he moves to the ghetto school where there is a reserved parking space for the SWAT team. Guards patrol the upper tier of the school auditorium just like a state prison yard. There are many such brilliant touches and Jon Lovitz is loveable as always.
Tia Carrere is as lovely as any Hollywood actress could be. Really a beautiful woman, at least as good an actress as Cameron Diaz, and better than Demi Moore. Don't know why she is always stuck in B space.
Fun to watch or rent - recommended
Best comedy ever by .. N. Avery (Cleveland, OH)
I could watch this movie a million times and it would still be equally funny as the first time I watched it. I don't know why someone would give this movie anything other then a 5. It is one of a kind, outrageous and hilarious all at the same time.
Review for High School High by .. Kyo ()
It works perfectly fine, and remains a movie I wouldn't mind watching over and over again
what is wrong with you people by .. ()
i love The Critic & wayne world So I gave this a chance and was laughing on the ground i love these movie's if you don't you have problems.
PS-To all you sissy who say off it so mean and wrong to make fun of kids GOH this is fun funny and smart. Note if you like this-see Airplane, Top Secert, Hot Shot, Naked Gun...........