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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe Naked Gun writing team and actor-turned-director Hart Bochner do unto the stereotype of inner-city high schools what needs to be done to stereotyped inner-city high schools -- parody them silly -- in this high-flying, low-comedy production.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackStupid yet cogent, High School High is a rapid-fire gag machine that's dopey enough to get belly laughs and smart enough to earn a C-plus as engaging entertainment.
- 40The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThe New York TimesLawrence Van GelderThere's not much sense to the plot. But the film makers' blunderbuss approach to humor, with visual and verbal jokes coming in profusion and scattering high and low, guarantees that just about every funnybone is bound to be hit, some more than once.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie makes two mistakes: (1) It isn't very funny, and (2) it makes the crucial error of taking its story seriously and angling for a happy ending.
- 30Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenLovitz is occasionally amusing, especially in his creative attempts to get through to his pupils, although his style of slow-take humor is a grave mismatch for this kind of frenzied comedy.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe laugh lines are mostly crude and the prevalent slapstick is weak and uneventful.
- 25ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIsn't just bad, it's very bad.
- 25USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaFace it. Parody comedies are no longer a laughing matter. [25 October 1996, p.5D]
- Louise Fletcher is a walking sight gag as the evil principal, but just about every other gag falls flat and lies there, wheezing.