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      Kickin' It Old Skool

      PG-13 Released Apr 27, 2007 1 hr. 48 min. Comedy List
      2% 43 Reviews Tomatometer 42% 100,000+ Ratings Audience Score At a talent show in 1986, young Justin Schumacher suffers a head injury and slips into a coma. Twenty years later, Justin (Jamie Kennedy) awakes with the mindset and experience of a 12-year-old. He decides to reunite the members of his former dance team and revive their short-lived careers. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Aug 16 Buy Now

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      Kickin' It Old Skool is one big unfunny pop culture reference that doesn't feature many laughs.

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      Audience Member The funniest musical comedy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member It wasn't the greatest movie out there, but it was funny.. stupid funny tho.. give it a try, dont be so lame to critic everything that isnt to your taste.. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review corkball Just awful. The concept is great - 80s breakdancing kid lapses into a coma for 20 years. Fish out of water, 80s retro references - it could have been a good movie. But everything else was awful. The cliches, the acting, the cinematography, even the dancing. Jamie Kennedy is supposed to be a comedian. I don't think I laughed at all through this. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review paul s I decided to give this a "slightly" better score than the audience score. There were many things that failed tremendously with this movie. I think the concept was a good one, but it failed from a massively poor execution. For one thing, the directing must have been at fault. There was a pretty good cast and an interesting array of talent involved. I'm what you'd call a die-hard Jamie Kennedy fan. He's miraculously talented, but he couldn't help save this movie from the ash heap of mostly idiocy that it was. Notwithstanding my harsh criticisms, I got some great laughs at certain parts of this, and that's partly why I'm willing to give it a slightly better rating than most. Still though, I'd have liked to seen a much better overall end product. The editing might have saved this a little bit more, but I bet it was a rough job to meld this into a final cut for release. It felt like a B movie with some very funny parts, and with some absolutely abysmal parts. The script writing didn't really match the individual actors very well. The jokes and the timing were off, or just not so good in many instances, with a few very good exceptions of course. Again, the core concept was a good one, but the script writing and the directing seemed to misfire hard on this. Never-mind though, because I'm a Jamie Kennedy fan fo-life. Maria Menounos looked amazing and she pulled off a likable performance as Jennifer in this otherwise drought of entertainment. At best, to some, this movie might take on a cult status with a few who find the charm in this as an epic movie failure. None of this is intended to be a knock on Jamie Kennedy. He's given me so many outrageous uncontrollable laughs throughout the years that I gotta give him mad props. I wish this movie had also been a hit because it might have given a boost to the idea of Stu Stone and Jamie as a rap duo. They put out a good record that deserved some great credit, but it will almost surely be forgotten. It was worth a once over, but I doubt I'll ever take the time to watch this gain. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member lots of haters out there, however this movie is hilarious. it keeps you laughing the whole time with slapstick comedy and notable characters. Coming from one who is hip to the hip-hop scene, this comedic portrayal highlights some humorous aspects. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Hillarious! If you were born in the 80's you would appreciate much of the jokes in this movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Nathan Rabin AV Club Were the filmmakers really so wedded to every scene they couldn't find 15 minutes to cut? Besides, shouldn't we as a culture being moving on to depleting the comic potential of '90s nostalgia by now? Rated: C- Dec 3, 2007 Full Review Tim Cogshell Boxoffice Magazine The funniest thing about Kickin' It Old Skool, yet another in a long line of not particularly funny Kennedy movies, is how little we actually have advanced since the '80s. Rated: 2/5 May 9, 2007 Full Review Josh Rosenblatt Austin Chronicle The writers make sure to fill their script with only the most obvious jokes and cultural references so that their star's particular comedic talents will shine brightest and he can work his magic without the risk of causing any audience members to think. Rated: 0/5 May 7, 2007 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Reading the list of actors was more entertaining than 95% of the film. Rated: .5/4.0 Sep 13, 2020 Full Review Tom Meek Boston Phoenix The reunion of the multi-ethnic Funky Fresh Boys triggers a fusillade of un-PC misfires as the not-so-fab four try to alleviate their personal woes by entering an American Idol-esque dance-troupe contest. Rated: 1/4 Apr 23, 2009 Full Review Sandie Angulo Chen Common Sense Media Kennedy's lowbrow comedy best for '80s veterans. Rated: 2/5 Nov 1, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis At a talent show in 1986, young Justin Schumacher suffers a head injury and slips into a coma. Twenty years later, Justin (Jamie Kennedy) awakes with the mindset and experience of a 12-year-old. He decides to reunite the members of his former dance team and revive their short-lived careers.
      Director
      Harvey Glazer
      Executive Producer
      Josh H. Etting, Paul C. Rogers, Stuart Stone, Scott G. Stone
      Screenwriter
      Trace Slobotkin, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan
      Distributor
      Yari Film Group
      Production Co
      Bob Yari Productions
      Rating
      PG-13 (Language|Crude and Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 27, 2007, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 1, 2020
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $4.5M
      Sound Mix
      Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
      Aspect Ratio
      Scope (2.35:1)
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