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High School

2012TV ShowEnded1 SeasonEnglish

High School is a three-part BBC reality TV series that centres on a year in the life at Holyrood Secondary School in Glasgow, Scotland.

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IMDb5.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes30%
Metacritic43/100
Google Users49%
Director: John Stalberg Jr.Genres: Comedy

Plot Summary

Henry Burke is a high school student desperate to make a good impression on his crush, Melissa, and his hero, astronaut Commander Bromance. To impress them, Henry decides to smoke marijuana for the first time, but his stash is confiscated by his principal. In a frantic effort to replace it, Henry and his best friend, Lee, steal what they think is a new batch of weed from a drug dealer, unaware it's actually the potent "Skull and Bones" strain, the only marijuana that has ever been found to be 100% safe. The principal, along with his drug-sniffing dogs, begins a drug hunt throughout the school, and Henry, Lee, and their friends must find a way to get their marijuana back before they are caught.

Critical Reception

High School was met with largely negative reviews from critics, who found its humor to be juvenile and its plot uninspired. Audiences also had a mixed to negative reaction, with many finding the film to be a forgettable stoner comedy.

What Reviewers Say

  • The film relies too heavily on tired stoner comedy tropes and lacks originality.
  • The humor often falls flat, coming across as forced and predictable.
  • Despite a few scattered moments, the overall execution is uninspired and forgettable.

Google audience: Google users generally found the film to be a disappointing comedy, with many citing its unoriginality and lack of genuinely funny moments as major drawbacks. Some viewers found it mildly amusing as a mindless distraction, but the consensus leaned towards it being a forgettable cinematic experience.

Fun Fact

The film's script was originally written by Kurt S. Brown as a serious drama about drug addiction before being rewritten as a comedy by director John Stalberg Jr.

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