The Principal (1987)
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Reviews Counted: 10 Fresh: 5 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis: Hard-drinking, motor-bike-riding Rick Latimer gets thrown out of the upscale high school where he teaches after drunkenly trashing a car with a baseball bat. As punishment, he gets promoted to principal -- of the worst high school in the city. This is the kind of drug-infested campus where... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: James Belushi, Louis Gossett, Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Wright, Joe Flood
Director: Christopher Cain
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An arresting drama starring likable Jim Belushi as an antihero principal trying to clean up a violent, drug-infested high school. Won't be a favorite of ACLU members.
10/09/05
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05/21/03
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Bypasses heart-warming stuff completely, going instead for macho yelling and simple two-word slogans. Class dismissed.
12/31/02
Violent, but still darkly humorous, Christopher Cain’s “The Principal” takes the old ‘new teacher comes to rough high school and takes out the garbage’ theme and adds Belushi’s renowned sense of wit and likeability.
09/17/02
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