Uplifting inner-city high school movies on the order of Dangerous Minds get an overdue but underinspired send-up in this occasionally funny spoof cowritten by David Zucker (The Naked Gun). Lovitz makes an amusing enough whipping post as a clueless white teacher who gives up his prep-school position to test his mettle at lawless Marion Barry High, where the vending machines dispense malt liquor and the principal (Louise Fletcher) patrols the halls swinging a baseball bat. But despite a steady stream of such typical Zucker sight gags, this parody's pace is surprisingly slack. Even the TV tube's reduced, sitcom-friendly confines aren't enough to hide the holes of High School High.
EW's GRADE
B-Details Rated: PG-13; Length: 86 Minutes; Genre: Comedy; With: Tia Carrere, Louise Fletcher and Jon Lovitz
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