PG-13 | 1h 41m | Comedy | Feb. 20, 2015
High school movies are an American institution. No other country is as infatuated with high school as we are. Ever since 1973’s “American Graffiti,” there’s always been a gaggle of unknown actors in them who quickly segue to stardom: “Graffiti” begat Harrison Ford and Richard Dreyfus, “Dazed and Confused” begat Matthew McConaughey, Ben Affleck, Renee Zellweger, and Parker Posey, and Alicia Silverstone’s star came from “Clueless.”
High school movies stick in our collective consciousness because we all have high school heavenly (or hellish) hangouts in our heads that haunt us for life, due to our pop music that endlessly glorifies teenage existence, and talks about how high school is supposed to contain the best years of our lives. Although many Americans would beg to differ….
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