Recess: School's Out (2001)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 69
Fresh: 42 | Rotten: 27
Though basically a TV cartoon stretched out to movie-length, Recess has enough successful jokes and smart writing to make it a worthwhile view.
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 21
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 9
Though basically a TV cartoon stretched out to movie-length, Recess has enough successful jokes and smart writing to make it a worthwhile view.
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Based on the popular animated children's program Disney's Recess, this full-length film focuses on the end of a school year, where young pupil T.J. Detweiler is looking ahead to having a wild, fun-packed summer vacation. T.J. stumbles upon a plot hatched by the villainous Dr. Benedict, a former principal who once tried to strike recess from the average school day. Dr. Benedict hatches a scheme to control weather patterns with a specialized laser beam to create a permanent winter, making it
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Melissa Joan Hart
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Peter MacNicol
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April Winchell
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James Woods
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All Critics (70) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (27) | DVD (7)
Its well characterised comedy of playground manners and teasing social awareness rings confidently through.
Top CriticWhimsical, engaging.
Refreshingly subversive.
About as exciting as a lunchbox full of carrot sticks.
Passably speedy on the level of other TV retreads that seem miscast on the big screen.
It's fun, it's kind of somber and it succeeds in making you think about how you might be squandering middle age.
Simply a TV episode blown up for the big screen.
It has my favorite characters and it's kind of like a mystery.
The film never gets too far beyond disposable youth fare, best consumed like mouthfuls of sugary cereal.
If you have to take the kids to a low-rent cartoon, this experience at least is enjoyably trippy.
This is a smart story and well paced.
Director Chuck Sheetz spins it into an enjoyable breeze. The humor regularly hits the mark, and the kid lessons are well baked.
These are definitely characters with comedic promise, but the movie is so concerned on establishing its big story, that it leaves them too far behind.
"Recess: School's Out" isn't great art, but it is a pleasant and swift moving cartoon that should appeal to children of all ages.
Adults will enjoy it more than they expect.
Even if it did keep the ankle biters quiet for an hour or so, this still wouldn't be worth your money.
The film works because it is peppered with sharp, smart, and sometimes wonderfully odd comic moments.
The writing is clever and never patronises its youthful target audience.
Watching this big-screen adaptation of the television cartoon, "Disney's Recess" is about like having recess on a rainy day.
While none of it's anything particularly spectacular or memorable ... it works as needed.
"It's kid-friendly fun."
A fast paced actioner built around the growing solidarity between the kids and the teachers.
It is amusing and mostly devoid of crude humor, which is worth mentioning with kids' films nowadays.
Standard kids movie stuff.
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