The premise of The Underclassman is so familiar as to be groan-inducing, but the happy surprise is that it goes down very easily, and makes for agreeable summer light entertainment.
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Underclassman (2005)
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Reviews Counted:77
Fresh:6
Rotten:71
Average Rating:2.8/10
Consensus: Despite the appealing presence of Nick Cannon, Underclassman is a shopworn Beverly Hills Cop/ 21 Jump Street knockoff.
Theatrical Release:Sep 2, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $5,567,645
Synopsis: Nick Cannon plays Tracy "Tre" Stokes, a streetwise LA cop in 'Underclassman' which combines frenetic action with sharp-eared comedy. When a student at an elite private school gets murdered, the... [More]
Starring: Nick Cannon, Roselyn Sanchez, Shawn Ashmore, Cheech Marin
Director: Marcos Siega
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Reviews for Underclassman
Cannon is a good actor; he’s exceptionally funny and has a great sense of timing. Stil, toning down some of the over-the-top elements in 'Underclassman' would've helped.
09/03/05
It’s got every cliché in it and doesn’t even really explore its premise,but it’s so much fun you really don’t care...I like formula.There’s nothing wrong with genres we love.
09/02/05
Within that worn formula of cop-shop banter and implausible car chases, lanky Nick Cannon offers some mild entertainment for teenagers looking for a safe bet at the multiplex.
09/02/05
It's straight off the assembly line with no surprises, but pleasantly entertaining thanks to Cannon's being almost as charming as he thinks he is.
09/01/05
Predictable is better than lifeless.
09/06/05
The murder plot is far less important here than the film's intention to sell audiences a hot young star who can charmingly mug his way through a movie.
09/02/05
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09/03/05
The latest bit of damaged goods offered up in the Miramax clearance sale, Underclassman plays like the longest episode of 21 Jump Street ever made.
09/01/05
Top CriticTo the person who once told Cannon he was funny, I wish I could jump into my DeLorean, travel back in time, and administer some Irish kisses to this individual.
09/02/05
Nick Cannon is too likable an actor to be stuck in junk like Underclassman.
09/01/05
Even the chase scenes sag as debut director Marcos Siega disappoints audiences at every turn.
04/15/09
This unoriginal, not-raucous-enough- to-be-offensive movie just turns inane.
09/04/05
Where does Hollywood come up with such fresh and original material?
09/06/05
Nick Cannon isn't nearly as funny as he thinks he is
09/01/05
As fate would have it, I forgot to bring my Cop Movie Cliché bingo card to the screening. It's a shame, because I know I'd have won.
09/01/05
The film feels like the victim of too many rewrites and edits, with lots of plotlines that go nowhere or feel oddly unfulfilled.
09/21/05
It's sad to see an exciting new director supervising a paint-by-numbers script of no creativity whatsoever.
09/03/05
The script, by David T. Wagner and Brent Goldberg, is breathtakingly bad.
09/01/05
[A] clichéd and callow action-comedy piece that’s about as appetizing as a dead worm in the teacher’s apple. Hence, the flawed Underclassman simply doesn’t make the grade
09/09/05
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