Its well characterised comedy of playground manners and teasing social awareness rings confidently through.
Recess: School's Out (2001)
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Reviews Counted: 66
Fresh: 40
Rotten:26
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Consensus: Though basically a TV cartoon stretched out to movie-length, Recess has enough successful jokes and smart writing to make it a worthwhile view.
Theatrical Release:Feb 16, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $34,801,195
Synopsis: The school year is finally over, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to a fun-filled summer. Boredom quickly sets in, until T.J. uncovers a scheme to do away with summer vacation! Former... The school year is finally over, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to a fun-filled summer. Boredom quickly sets in, until T.J. uncovers a scheme to do away with summer vacation! Former principal Dr. Benedict, who once tried to eliminate recess from the school day, now plans to use a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. It sure would be tough to have to go to school year-round, so T.J. calls in all his friends for help. Just when the kids appear to be facing their final test of strength against the mad principal, the faculty joins together to help save summer vacation. -- © 2001 Disney [More]
Starring: Andy Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Pamela Segall, Jason Davis
Starring: Andy Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Pamela Segall, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Courtland Mead, Dabney Coleman, April Winchell, James Woods, Melissa Joan Hart, Robert Goulet, Diedrich Bader, Peter MacNicol, Allyce Beasley
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Producer: Chuck Sheetz, Stephen Swofford
Screenwriter: Jonathan Greenberg
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
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Reviews for Recess: School's Out
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.
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.
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.
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.
Why would people pay movie ticket prices for films that are nothing more than another episode of a television cartoon series that they could stay at home and see for nothing?
It's standard third-generation Little Rascals stuff, mediocre but harmless.
Wears thin over 90 minutes without jangly commercials and a bowl of super-sugary cereal for distraction.
Nothing bold or great to look at, certainly by Disney standards, but with a tight narrative and a complete lack of pretense that's ingratiating.
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