My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

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My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

PG-13

2017

1h 12m

Adventure

Comedy

Animation

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High school sophomores Dash and Assaf are best friends and the only writers for the school newspaper. When the editor starts giving Assaf solo assignments, Dash is jealous and reports a false story about Assaf having erectile dysfunction. Later, when Dash is doing research, he learns that the school is not up to code and tries to warn the students, but nobody believes him. Then, an earthquake hits, and the school sinks into the Pacific Ocean with all of the kids trapped inside.

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Critics Consensus

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea's attention-getting visual style matches debuting writer-director Dash Shaw's distinctive narrative approach -- and signals a bright future for a promising talent.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

The animation set pieces scattered throughout the movie are frequently inspired, pulling in all manner of media and materials, and the backgrounds can be dazzling.

May 4, 2017

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

It's crazy and ridiculous at times. But I can't help agreeing with Assaf, who observes, of his companions' rescue plans, "I like it. It has the logic of a dream."

Rated: 3/4

May 4, 2017

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Shaw's animation is a loopy, inventive mish-mosh of elements: thick pen outlines, fine etching work, washes of finger-painted color, and the occasional outbreak of full-on psychedelia.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 4, 2017

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Leandro Ariel Porcelli

Naranjita Cine

A really engaging and dead-pan misadventure that would have suffered if it were made in any other medium besides animation. Short and sour sweet, it's more than worth seeking out for it's precise tone and great soundtrack alone. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 9/10

Aug 7, 2025

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

This may indeed be a visually forward-thinking work, but I simply can’t tell, so I’ll steal the movie’s own dialogue for a summation: “It’s a mixed to negative review, but they say it’s ‘dazzling?'”

Jan 12, 2023

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

It's not like anything that passes as animation these days, and that's perfect. High time some fresh air blew open those doors.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 21, 2021

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Audience Member

Love this film! Such a wild, gorgeous, hilarious animated comedy

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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spencer p

Elevating it's animatic style to psychedelic highs, as well as randomly gross lows, MEHSSITS is unique in every sense of the word, in addition to its self explanatory, pulse-pounding premise.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This movie was beautiful, but it didn't really have much to give in the realm of plot and characters. It was every basic high-school story, giving no surprises besides perhaps a bit of the violence. It was well done but could have been more inventive, and it completely slipped away from my mind almost instantly after watching it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

If this film were to be told in any other way than the animation style of which it was presented, it would be extremely cheesy. But with its visuals being just as strange as the story, it creates a unique and enjoyable atmosphere I havent found in any other film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Disappointing! waste of time as this animated movie amounted to nothing

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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nefasto r

I like when the movie review itself: "It has the logic of a dream" A delectable work. Just moderately funny, but visually amazing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

High school sophomores Dash and Assaf are best friends and the only writers for the school newspaper. When the editor starts giving Assaf solo assignments, Dash is jealous and reports a false story about Assaf having erectile dysfunction. Later, when Dash is doing research, he learns that the school is not up to code and tries to warn the students, but nobody believes him. Then, an earthquake hits, and the school sinks into the Pacific Ocean with all of the kids trapped inside.

Director: Dash Shaw
Producer: Kyle Martin, Craig Zobel
Screenwriter: Dash Shaw
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Washington Square Films, Electric Chinoland
Rating: PG-13 (Some Images of Peril|Sexual References|Drug Material)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 14, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 23, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.3K
Runtime: 1h 12m

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