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Summary: Great comedy-drama, even better than da BREAKFAST CLUB!
Review: ...then Three O'Clock High is for you. I have an old VHS copy that I taped off of Starz or Encore many years ago and I haven't seen it on any of the movie channels for quite some time. Needless to say, my old VHS copy is worn out and I've gone in search for the DVD and I've found it! I've watched this movie countless times as I've introduced it to my friends who hadn't saw it or even heard of it before I turned them on to it. Everyone I've shown the movie to has liked it. Many of the other reviews do a good job of describing who's in it and what the story is about. It's a movie I think a lot of people can relate to with their own experiences of high school. It'll become one of those movies that you watch while you're not so sober too! Enjoy.
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Summary: If you like the 80's and movies like the Breakfast Club.....
Review: ...then Three O'Clock High is for you. I have an old VHS copy that I taped off of Starz or Encore many years ago and I haven't seen it on any of the movie channels for quite some time. Needless to say, my old VHS copy is worn out and I've gone in search for the DVD and I've found it! I've watched this movie countless times as I've introduced it to my friends who hadn't saw it or even heard of it before I turned them on to it. Everyone I've shown the movie to has liked it. Many of the other reviews do a good job of describing who's in it and what the story is about. It's a movie I think a lot of people can relate to with their own experiences of high school. It'll become one of those movies that you watch while you're not so sober too! Enjoy.
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Summary: One of those movies...
Review: ..where it depends on how you view the world. I saw this movie in the eighth grade, and because I was such a scared individual when it came to people picking on me and threatening me, this movie scared me to death about going to high school, and I promised not to wathc it again until AFTER high school. All "taking to heart" aside. It is rather cheesy. I have never heard of a kid knocking out a police officer and the other one backing off. I would've had my gun drawn, thank you. However it does portray every not-so-tough high school kid's fear; of the bully(ies).
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Summary: One of my favorites.
Review: A cult classic. Joanou does an excellent job on this one. Ahead of it's time, this movie has great camera angles and cinematography. Hilarious flick will have you rolling on the floor. The soundtrack is also good(remember Tangerine Dream?) One of Casey Siemaszko's leading roles fits him perfectly. I recommend this movie to all.
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Summary: Great Teen Film
Review: Ask any "child of the 80's" and they'll give you the usual list of classic "teen films" - Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, etc... But there's a good chance they'll fail to mention one that really stands out: Three O'Clock High. It takes place over the course of a single school day. Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko) is a nerdy, wimpy kid assigned to tackle a frightening assignemnt: write a school newspaper story on an incorrigible badass bully names Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson). Not knowing Buddy's temperamental nature, and inability to forgive a grudge, he gets Buddy upset enough to make him set up a fight after school. At three o'clock, natch. Jerry spends the day trying to avoid the confrontation with Buddy, and everything he tries simply gets him in trouble with school authorities, and with Buddy himself. And the moment of truth draws closer... Three O'Clock High is basically High Noon in high school, but it's done in such a fresh and interesting way. The cinematography is spare and clean, with some deft camera moves. The dialogue is pretty crisp, and occasionally hits the mark dead-on. It's surreal, but any recent ex-high schooler will easily recognize the "types" depicted here. END
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Summary: Great Teen Film
Review: Ask any "child of the 80's" and they'll give you the usual list of classic "teen films" - Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, etc... But there's a good chance they'll fail to mention one that really stands out: Three O'Clock High. It takes place over the course of a single school day. Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko) is a nerdy, wimpy kid assigned to tackle a frightening assignemnt: write a school newspaper story on an incorrigible badass bully names Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson). Not knowing Buddy's temperamental nature, and inability to forgive a grudge, he gets Buddy upset enough to make him set up a fight after school. At three o'clock, natch. Jerry spends the day trying to avoid the confrontation with Buddy, and everything he tries simply gets him in trouble with school authorities, and with Buddy himself. And the moment of truth draws closer... Three O'Clock High is basically High Noon in high school, but it's done in such a fresh and interesting way. The cinematography is spare and clean, with some deft camera moves. The dialogue is pretty crisp, and occasionally hits the mark dead-on. It's surreal, but any recent ex-high schooler will easily recognize the "types" depicted here. END
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Summary: Sooooo funny!!
Review: Even though I gave this one 5 stars, that doesnt make it perfect. Even though this movie is very entertaining (especially for those rainy days) and hysterical, there are some parts that just, well... drag I guess. For example, Jerry's friend (that spiritual girl in black w/ short dark hair) is rather pointless, and the last fight scene could've been longer. Overall it's really funny and very fun to watch. You HAVE to see it!
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Summary: The Best High School Flick of the eighties!
Review: Ferris Bueller's Day off was a bit too much of a fantasy. Fast Times at Ridgemont High was too cliche' ridden. But Three O'Clock High hits it on the nose. This was high school as I remembered it. I felt a lot like Jerry on many, many days of my frosh, and sophmore years. Confused, dazed, and staring longingly at the senior girls that only wanted the jocks. The fight scene is classic, as is the library "domino" scene, and Richard Tyson can really show everyone what screen presence is all about. Big Bad Buddy wants to beat Jerry's behind, and he is finally angered into accepting the challenge, after trying everything in the book, including bribery top get out of it. The best scene in the movie, is easily the book report. Jerry tries in vain to ruin a book report, and get detention by acting like an obnoxious jerk, and reporting on a piece of classic erotica. But his good looking young teacher is so turned on by the book report about an "Emmanuelle" type character, that she makes out with him in class, to the shock of all the students, most of all Jerry. Jerry must have forgot that women love obnoxious jerks, and erotica! He lands up in many strange situations like this, and in the end, learns that confrontation is nowhere near as bad as anticipation. Classic eighties film fare, what high school was all about for some of us, and hilarious throughout.
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Summary: Forgotten Classic
Review: Here's an excellent 80s high school comedy that never reached the status of The Breakfast Club or Ferris Buehler's Day Off. It should have coz this is one good movie. The simple premise is done wonderfully and keeps you interested from start to finish. There are great performances all around, especially Richard Tyson as Buddy Revell. Sure, he looks like he's 30, but he is downright creepy and menacing. This film may be a comedy, but Tyson plays Revell viciously, as though Tyson thought he was in a drama. It suffers from the typical 80s view of high school which is unrealistic and overblown(I sure don't remember high school being like it is in these films), but this has a little more sense of reality than other films of the subgenre. But at the same time it takes on an almost fantasy quality(realistically, Jerry would have been able to escape this situation many times over, but that's not the point.) I honestly don't know anyone who doesn't like this film. It keeps you hooked so good that you're dying to find out what happens at three o'clock. And I don't know about you, but I get a chill every time Jerry walks up to Revell and demands his money back(then preceeds to call him an unpleasant name) and tells him the fight is on. Classic
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Summary: Forgotten Classic
Review: Here's an excellent 80s high school comedy that never reached the status of The Breakfast Club or Ferris Buehler's Day Off. It should have coz this is one good movie. The simple premise is done wonderfully and keeps you interested from start to finish. There are great performances all around, especially Richard Tyson as Buddy Revell. Sure, he looks like he's 30, but he is downright creepy and menacing. This film may be a comedy, but Tyson plays Revell viciously, as though Tyson thought he was in a drama. It suffers from the typical 80s view of high school which is unrealistic and overblown(I sure don't remember high school being like it is in these films), but this has a little more sense of reality than other films of the subgenre. But at the same time it takes on an almost fantasy quality(realistically, Jerry would have been able to escape this situation many times over, but that's not the point.) I honestly don't know anyone who doesn't like this film. It keeps you hooked so good that you're dying to find out what happens at three o'clock. And I don't know about you, but I get a chill every time Jerry walks up to Revell and demands his money back(then preceeds to call him an unpleasant name) and tells him the fight is on. Classic
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