Senior Skip Day (2008) (V)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Nick Weiss

Writer:

Evan Wasserstrom (written by)

Release Date:

6 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The day to make your mark...Don't skip it.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Breasts | High School Teacher | Topless | Breaking The Fourth Wall

Cast

Larry Miller	...	Mr. Frankfurt Dickwalder
Gary Lundy	...	Adam Harris
Tara Reid	...	Ellen Harris
Lea Thompson	...	Cathleen Harris
Norm MacDonald	...	Mr. Rigetti
Clint Howard	...	Lionel Huffer
Kayla Ewell	...	Cara
Talan Torriero	...	Scott
Chuck Carter	...	Tate
Brett Claywell	...	Carl Smith
Mike Dunay	...	Brian Saxton
Lindsey Axelsson	...	Laura
Jackson Rathbone	...	Snippy
Taryn Southern	...	Isha
Derek Mio	...	Ralph Lee Cheng

Also Known As:

High School's Day Off (Australia) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, drug and alcohol use - all involving teens.

Runtime:

Germany:92 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Alla Prima Productions

Trivia:

Writer Evan Wasserstrom is from Livingston, NJ and attended Whippany Park High School in Whippany, NJ. The vice principal when he graduated in 1975 was named Rickwalder. In the movie, Frank Dickwalder is the principal of Whippany Park High School even though it takes place in California and not New Jersey. Mr. Rigetti is named after Joseph Righetti, who still teaches at Whippany Park.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Principal Dickwalder is first handed a bag of cocaine, it's in a sealed plastic bag. When he snorts it, it turns into a a Ziploc baggie of coke.

Quotes:

Snippy: Yeah heh. Surely I do imbibe in copious herbage but, I don't drink alcohol, I made straight A's and I show the utmost respect for the ladies. Heh yeah.

Movie Connections:

References Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Soundtrack:

Waiting

Out-and-out teen comedy with a lot of laughs

I saw this on HBO lateish last night and should have gone to bed with an early start today, but I stayed up with my girlfriend to watch it all the way through. Glad I did.

Films always have something they're trying to achieve. This film's there to make you laugh, particularly if you're sub-30 and probably sub-20 and for that it's great. It's not meant to be deep - it's stupid with a lot of good gags.

I scrape in sub-30 and so remember Ferris Bueller's Day Off from the 80s. Like Family Guy figuring copying the Simpsons set-up was the best idea, so they've copied the set-up almost completely - High School student getting away with party day, getting his girl, graduated sister half-covering for him and Principal chasing him around town (with fat secretary holding the fort). Oh, and a dead relative.

You know it's shallow, but that's why it's good. Does what it's supposed to, hence the 8.