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On the eve of his Hawaiian
vacation, irresponsible high school teacher Mark Harmon is forced
into teaching a summer school class. His students are all malcontents
and layabouts with the standard repertoire of teenaged hangups and
hostilities (two of the kids, who can't see enough slasher movies
to suit them, are hilarious precursors to Beavis and Butt-Head). Harmon
would rather spend his time with history teacher Kirstie Alley, but
she doesn't think much of his laziness and lack of dedication. Harmon
finally begins to take his job seriously when he realizes his students'
problems are not all of their own making. When not taking itself too
seriously, Summer School affords us some good old-fashioned Carl Reiner-style
yocks, especially in the sequences satirizing slasher movies and Siskel-Ebert
critics.
-- Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide |
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