High School High (1996):

Starring:

Jon Lovitz - Richard Clark

Tia Carrere - Victoria Chapell

Louise Fletcher - Principal Evelyn Doyle

Mekhi Phifer - Griff McReynolds

Malinda Williams - Natalie Thompson

Guillermo Diaz - Paco Rodriguez

John Neville - Thaddeus Clark

Brian Hooks - Anferny Jefferson

Director:

Hart Bochner (Just Add Water)

Rotten Tomatoes: 13%

Flixster: 39%

Synopsis:

In this comic send-up of dramas set in urban schools (such as Lean on Me and Dangerous Minds), Jon Lovitz plays Richard Clark, a teacher who is persuaded to give up his position at Wellington Academy, an upscale private school (where the receptionist cheerfully answers calls with the question "Are you white?"), to take over a class at Marion Barry High School in Inner City, U.S.A. Marion Barry High is a far cry from the ivory-tower atmosphere of Wellington; the statue in the courtyard holds a crack pipe, the Michigan Militia sets up a booth for career day, and there's so much violence on campus that the school has its own graveyard; however, Clark is determined to reach his thick-headed charges, and he hopes to also make an impression on Victoria Chapell (Tia Carrere), a beautiful woman also on the teaching staff. Clark does battle with Evelyn Doyle (Louise Fletcher), the school's militaristic principal, in an effort to raise standards for the school's star straight-C students, and he finds that he's getting through to one of the school's toughest students Griff (Mekhi Phifer).

Review:

Racist to every white person who watches this film. The love making scene in Brokeback Mountain is less awkwardly gay than Jon Lovitz is... in his whole life. I use to think that this film was really funny when I was like 12, but I had to force myself to sit through this stupid attempt at comedy. I'm disappointed at someone like Mekhi Phfifer who has tried so hard to take himself away from stereotypical roles like this, except for the fact that he had this to look back at his early career & think why he would do that role. This is also the film that when David Zucker dies, he will be rolling over in his grave about the fact that he produced this. An extremely poor spoof of Dangerous Minds. Tia Carrere is really hot though, but her stupid role makes me angry.

 18%

Main Acting: 2/15

Supporting Cast: 3/15

Plot: 2/10

Compared To The Genre: 2/10

Cinematography: 4/20

Intrigue: 2/10

Extra: 3/10