Summer School (1987)
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61% of critics liked it
(28 reviews) -
54% of users liked it
(27,516 ratings)
On the eve of his Hawaiian vacation, irresponsible high school teacher Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon) is forced into teaching a summer-school class. His students are all malcontents and layabouts with the standard repertoire of teenaged hang-ups and hostilities (two of the kids, who can't see enough… More On the eve of his Hawaiian vacation, irresponsible high school teacher Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon) is forced into teaching a summer-school class. His students are all malcontents and layabouts with the standard repertoire of teenaged hang-ups and hostilities (two of the kids, who can't see enough slasher movies to suit them, are hilarious precursors to Beavis and Butt-Head). Harmon would rather spend his time with history teacher Robin Bishop (Kirstie Alley), but she doesn't think much of his laziness and lack of dedication. Shoop finally begins to take his job seriously when he realizes his students' problems are not all of their own making. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Carl Reiner
- Written By
- Jeff Franklin
- Genres
- Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jul 22, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
A bit bland compared to Reiner's Steve Martin comedies, but engagingly played.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
Mr. Harmon has an easygoing attractiveness, but neither he nor anyone else seems comfortable with the film's antic pace. And for all its busyness, this comedy has no real focus, ricocheting from character to character with wearying abandon.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Here are some of Summer School's favorite things: idiocy, illiteracy, irresponsibility, drunkenness, dumbness and debauchery. Piqued?
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Rita Kempley, Washington Post
The moral is a sweet one: If you try, you never fail. The world is graded on a curve.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A comedy so listless, leisurely and unspirited that it was an act of the will for me to care about it, even while I was watching it.
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Cast
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Mark Harmon
as Freddy Shoop
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Kirstie Alley
as Robin Bishop History Teacher
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Robin Thomas
as Phil Gills Vice Principal
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Patrick Laborteaux
as Kevin Winchester
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Courtney Thorne-Smith
as Pam House
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Dean Cameron
as Francis "Chainsaw" Gremp
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Gary Riley
as Dave Frazier
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Kelly Jo Minter
as Denise Green
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Ken Olandt
as Larry Kazamias
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Shawnee Smith
as Rhonda Altobello
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Lillian Adams
as Grandma Eakian
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Jack Blessing
as Student
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Vivian Bonnell
as Denise's Mom
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Duane Davis
as Jerome Watkins
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Lucy Lee Flippin
as Substitute Teacher
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Leigh French
as Student
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Courtney Gebhart
as Surfer Girl
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Richard S. Horvitz
as Alan Eakian
- Andrea Howard
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Prince Hughes
as Scary Inmate
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Gary Imhoff
as Student
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Christopher Kriesa
as Beach Cop
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Carlos Lacamara
as Beach Cop
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Michael MacRae
as Kevin's Dad
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Frank McCarthy
as Principal Kelban
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Dee Dee Rescher
as Woman at Strip Joint
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Tommy Ryan
as Examiner
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Lora Staley
as Student
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Beau Starr
as Chainsaw's Dad
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Lynne Marie Stewart
as Student
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Amy Stock-Poynton
as Kim
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Darwyn Swalve
as Scary Inmate
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Tom Troupe
as Judge
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Fabiana Udenio
as Anna-Maria Mazarelli
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Nels Van Patten
as Tommy
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Gigi Vorgan
as Student
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Laura Waterbury
as Chainsaw's Mom
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Carl Reiner
as Mr. Dearadorian
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Jeff Silverman
as Examiner
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Terry Logan
as Cop at Police Station
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Dottie Archibald
as Dave's Mom
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Conroy Gedeon
as Mr. Winnick
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Robin Kaufman
as Chainsaw's Sister
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John Stark
as Student
