General Education (2012)
Average Rating: 2.1/10
Reviews Counted: 14
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Critic Reviews: 5
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Levi Collins is set to go to the local University on a tennis scholarship, but he forgot to tell his parents one thing - he didn't graduate. As a result, he must take summer school before his mom and dad discover he's failed senior science. At school, Levi falls in love with his classmate, Katie, and learns that he has to make a choice between playing tennis and receiving a proper education. General Education is a quirky comedy about a family learning to grow together. -- (C) Pelican House
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Cast
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Chris Sheffield
Levi Collins -
Janeane Garofalo
Gale Collins -
Larry Miller
Rich Collins -
Bobby Campo
Brian Collins -
Maiara Walsh
Katie -
Mercedes Masohn
Bebe -
Elaine Hendrix
Ms. Bradford -
McKaley Miller
Emily Collins -
Tom Maden
Chad -
Seth Adam Cassell
Shady Nick
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Defiantly humorless, the comedy is little more than a grab-bag of familiar high school-film cliches populated with bland characters played by barely-there actors. It was clearly a labor of love for no one.
Top CriticThe film is like a new colt tripping over itself, going off every which way ...
Wavers between extreme silliness and unbearable earnestness.
The lead character's sister is more interesting than he is, and she spends much of her screen time as a mute mime.
As generic and forgettable as its title, this half-hearted attempt at a teen comedy feels like a term paper you might buy online: poorly written and cribbed from a million other sources.
What have I learned? High school movies can be duller—and more sour—than previously thought possible...The least generic element of General Education is its openly hostile attitude toward gay people. [Blu-ray]
If given the choice between going to class and seeing the high-school comedy General Education, go with school.
A technically impressive tapioca of a movie, this bland indie seriocomedy may serve as an early springboard for a couple of talented young actors, but little else.
The film feels like a strained collection of outtakes from other comedies about teenage nerds and dysfunctional families.
Plays out in a bland sitcom way, but is mercifully peppered with a few bizarre moments of surreal slapstick that keep it afloat.
Unfortunately, in General Education, even tried-and-true formulas fall flat thanks to the lack of several key elements-good dialogue, fully developed characters and a satisfying story.
When the biggest name in the movie is Janeane Garofalo, why waste her in an extraneous, laugh-free side role as the protagonist's neglected housewife mother?
Too derivative to be amusing and too earnest to be parodic, it assumes the form of countless other teen comedies minus any wit or drama.
With its hackneyed outlook and lack of a moral core or a purpose, 'General Education' is little more than a defective episode of 'Saved by the Bell.'
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Here comes another teen comedy that wants the audience to cheer for the obnoxious central character and hope he gets away with things simply because he IS the main character. The script is quite predicatable and the situations have all been done and done to death.
Levi Collins (Chris Sheffield) thinks he can wisecrack his way through graduation and into a college of his choice on an athletic scholarship. But he has just flunked one of his class and the teacher won't let him graduate unless he takes summer school.
Afraid to tell his parents, he convinces the school to let him walk in the ceremony and then he pretends to have a summer job while he is really in class.
Of course things come to a head in the end and he must prove himself to everyone. It's been done before...sometimes worse...sometimes better.
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