Summer School
Mr. Freddy Shoop, the high school coach, has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a 'bonehead' English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.
3 July 1969, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA
22 June 1952, Van Nuys, California, USA
29 July 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
11 November 1958, Havana, Cuba
1 September 1944, Queens, New York, USA
16 March 1949, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
14 July 1945, Ashland, Kentucky, USA
21 December 1964, Buenos Aires, Argentina
24 September 1966, North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
20 March 1922, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
28 August 1953
20 August 1946, Iowa, USA
14 December 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 July 1965, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 May 1947, Davenport, Iowa, USA
19 November 1963, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
8 November 1967, San Francisco, California, USA
11 April 1946, Buffalo, New York, USA
12 March 1947, Bedford, Ohio, USA
October 19, 2004
Cliches abound in this silly outing. Not the brightest moment for any of those involved.August 02, 2004
Okay teen/romantic comedy with pleasant players.May 31, 2004
if 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 ilkMay 15, 2007
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.January 01, 2000
Here are some of Summer School's favorite things: idiocy, illiteracy, irresponsibility, drunkenness, dumbness and debauchery. Piqued?July 25, 2007
Another failure in Harmon's attempt to move from TV to the big screen.January 01, 2000
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.May 20, 2003
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.May 14, 2007
Reiner keeps everything moving while letting Harmon do the heavy lifting as his young co-stars sprinkle the chuckles around.January 01, 2000
The moral is a sweet one: If you try, you never fail. The world is graded on a curve.October 26, 2008
A comic delight... Harmon and Alley are great togetherJune 24, 2006
A bit bland compared to Reiner's Steve Martin comedies, but engagingly played.