A comic delight... Harmon and Alley are great together
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10/26/08
Summer School (1987)
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Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 16
Rotten:11
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A laid-back high school coach (Mark Harmon) reluctantly forfeits a Hawaiian vacation to teach remedial English to a class of likable misfits. This goofy comedy tells the sweetly inspiring story of... [More]
Starring: Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Patrick Labyorteaux
Director: Carl Reiner
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Reviews for Summer School
Another failure in Harmon's attempt to move from TV to the big screen.
07/25/07
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.
05/15/07
Reiner keeps everything moving while letting Harmon do the heavy lifting as his young co-stars sprinkle the chuckles around.
05/14/07
A bit bland compared to Reiner's Steve Martin comedies, but engagingly played.
06/24/06
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10/08/05
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09/20/05
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08/09/05
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04/08/05
Cliches abound in this silly outing. Not the brightest moment for any of those involved.
10/19/04
Okay teen/romantic comedy with pleasant players.
08/02/04
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 ilk
05/31/04
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05/21/04
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03/11/04
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01/30/04
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12/05/03
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07/02/03
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.
05/20/03
Top CriticNot as lame as you'd think. It really is funny.
02/06/03
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July 12, 2005:
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