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Amazon.co.uk Review
Disney's Recess: School's Out dipped in and out of cinemas faster than fans of the cable TV show could snap their lunch boxes shut--kind of nice for parents whose idea of grown-up detention is sitting through such fly-by-night features for children. Now that home screenings are an option, though, plan for the ages 5-and-older set to settle in for reruns. Also plan to get sucked in yourself--if the screwball plot doesn't do it, the soundtrack will. While TJ and Principal Prickly (the latter the unfortunate bearer of the "saggy butt" that becomes this movie's clunkiest running gag) bust in on a crew of fiendish would-be teachers during summer break, slices of vintage grooviness--Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild,"Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and Peppermints," and Robert Goulet's "Green Tambourine" among them--get you cheering along, whether you're 3 or 43. The reason for all the retro funkiness revolves around the chief bad guy, Phil Benedict, a one-time educational visionary and former Prickly schoolmate. Benedict was a radical school revolutionary, but his manifesto for better test scores misfired when it called for a ban on recess, a concept so barbaric it got him canned from a cushy government job. Now, undeterred in his mission to make life miserable for children, he's hatching a "switcheroo" scheme that will forever pull the shade on summer and thus summer vacation. Predictably, right at trigger time, TJ, Prickly, and the gang roar in to the rescue. It's an ending that's as pat as any on the TV show, but so what--this is a movie that aims for summer-linen lightness. Just as the Fifth Dimension promise on the soundtrack, it lets the sunshine, as well as a few well-timed chuckles, in. --Tammy La Gorce, Amazon.com
Synopsis
In this animated film from Disney, based on the popular children's television show Recess, the evil school principal Dr. Benedict is trying to eliminate summer vacation from the calendar. To do so, he has devised a way to alter the weather and make it perpetually winter. To help the save summer vacation, T.J. Detweiler gets the teachers and students to band together, determined to stop the principal's deranged scheme. As the kids' plans unfold, a platoon of wacky characters, groovy tunes and sci-fi surprises turn this madcap mission into a a non-stop adventure that's packed with upbeat music and fun.
DVD Special Features:
The Schoolyard Challenge game Music videos How to animate characters Recess digital comic book "The Trouble With Shorts" 10 secrets of Recess
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
My boys absolutely loved this DVD! Very entertaining for the kids. In short: Get it for 'em!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Recess is something of a misnomer. Despite it's ability to blend quickfire humour and morality it's success has fluctuated with the regularity of the recess bell itself. Yet the spirit of the show which follows the summer vacation's of TJ Detwieler and co. is once more enhanced by this, it's most recent DVD outing.
Whilst the kid's are at summer camp, TJ (or Teej) stumbles across a plot that will change recess forever. Now he must get the gang back together to thwart the plan.
The animation is certainly better than any Pokemon venture, but don't expect Pixar. The strength of Recess has always been in the dynamics between the kids and adults and this remains a potent mix here.
School may be out, but Recess is always in.
Whilst the kid's are at summer camp, TJ (or Teej) stumbles across a plot that will change recess forever. Now he must get the gang back together to thwart the plan.
The animation is certainly better than any Pokemon venture, but don't expect Pixar. The strength of Recess has always been in the dynamics between the kids and adults and this remains a potent mix here.
School may be out, but Recess is always in.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
The movie is a feature length version of the popular cartoon t.v. series. The storyline is... The kids have broken up for the summer holidays and T.J has planned the coolest summer ever. The only problem is the rest of the gang have gone to camp. T.J is left on his own and sees scientists doing experiments on the scool and trying to blow up the moon!
The film is more of a kids based story but if adults like the normal episodes they are sure to love the movie. It certainly kept me entertained and it's one of those films you can watch again and again.
The film is more of a kids based story but if adults like the normal episodes they are sure to love the movie. It certainly kept me entertained and it's one of those films you can watch again and again.
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Recess School's Out is based upon the TV series made famous on Diggit on GMTV this movie is alright but not brillant but worth a look TJ is left at home while his mates go off... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2006 by M. G. Hatfield
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This movie is great. I saw it on tv its cool.This is a must buy for recess fans.Its when all of T.Js friends go to camp and something odd is going on in school
Published on 27 Nov 2005 by C. E. Gregory
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