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General Education

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A teen (Chris Sheffield) neglects to tell his parents that he failed to graduate and must take summer classes before he can attend college on a tennis scholarship in the fall.
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Serena Donadoni IndieWire 10/26/2012
C+
What screenwriters [Tom] Morris, Elliot Feld and Jaz Kalkat fail to build is dramatic tension: affable, extremely self-involved Levi easily skates around all obstacles. Go to Full Review
Cary Darling Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com 09/10/2012
1/5
If given the choice between going to class and seeing the high-school comedy General Education, go with school. Go to Full Review
Barbara VanDenburgh Arizona Republic 08/30/2012
1.5/5
Defiantly humorless, the comedy is little more than a grab-bag of familiar high school-film cliches populated with bland characters played by barely-there actors. It was clearly a labor of love for no one. Go to Full Review
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews 10/02/2012
0/4
What have I learned? High school movies can be duller—and more sour—than previously thought possible...The least generic element of General Education is its openly hostile attitude toward gay people. [Blu-ray] Go to Full Review
Frank Lovece Film Journal International 08/30/2012
A technically impressive tapioca of a movie, this bland indie seriocomedy may serve as an early springboard for a couple of talented young actors, but little else. Go to Full Review
Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue 08/29/2012
The film feels like a strained collection of outtakes from other comedies about teenage nerds and dysfunctional families. Go to Full Review
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02/09/2020 "General Education" Is Not Funny. Okay? I'm Just Gonna Say It. I'll Say It Again. "General Education" Is Not Funny! It's Poor Comedy With A Badly-Written Script & Characters Played By Unrecognizable Names That Aren't Even Attempted To Be Made Interesting. There's A Ton Of Clichés That Kick Your Ass, The Characters Are Not Likeable Or Interesting, & Not A Single Joke Made Me Laugh. Not 1! And As For The Story, It's Like The Story With "Space Warriors" (2013), For I Feel That I've Seen & Heard This Story A Bajillion Times! It's Written Poorly, It's Painfully Clichéd, It's Boring, The Characters Are Bland, Or Jerks, Or Must Have Some Issues Going On In Life. So, Yeah, Needless To Say, This Movie Is Pretty Much A Bad Movie. If You Had To Choose Between School & Watching "General Education", I'd Advise You Kids To Stay In School. See more 01/11/2017 Flycatching monologue. See more 04/12/2014 It clearly has a definitive style, as far as the acting is concerned. More of a "30 Rock" hyper-reality than earnest acting/reacting. And the film is also well-shot and professionally made. I tried to like it, but about halfway through, I gave up and fast-forwarded to the end. See more 02/05/2014 Filmed at my local racquet club. Sadly stupid/terrible. See more 01/21/2013 The only thing comical about General Education is that it was underfunded and misguided propaganda. See more 10/26/2012 ★★ (out of four) Here comes another teen comedy that wants the audience to cheer for the obnoxious central character and hope he gets away with things simply because he IS the main character. The script is quite predicatable and the situations have all been done and done to death. Levi Collins (Chris Sheffield) thinks he can wisecrack his way through graduation and into a college of his choice on an athletic scholarship. But he has just flunked one of his class and the teacher won't let him graduate unless he takes summer school. Afraid to tell his parents, he convinces the school to let him walk in the ceremony and then he pretends to have a summer job while he is really in class. Of course things come to a head in the end and he must prove himself to everyone. It's been done before...sometimes worse...sometimes better. [img]http://content7.flixster.com/rtmovie/92/82/92829_gal.jpg[/img] See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A teen (Chris Sheffield) neglects to tell his parents that he failed to graduate and must take summer classes before he can attend college on a tennis scholarship in the fall.
Director
Tom Morris
Producer
Elliot Feld, Jaz Kalkat, Kevin Liang, Tom Morris
Screenwriter
Elliot Feld, Jaz Kalkat, Tom Morris
Distributor
Well Go USA, PHP Films
Production Co
Pelican House Productions, 870 Films
Rating
PG-13 (A Drug-Related Scene|Sex References)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 24, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 1, 2013
Runtime
1h 25m
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