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Ski School

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Dave Marshak (Dean Cameron) and his friends are a pack of highly skilled skiers and devoted party animals. On the slopes, they are known as "Section 8." But their reputation is at risk when a ski school of snobs -- headed by pompous and preppy Reid Janssens (Mark Thomas Miller) -- shows up looking to win the end-of-season downhill competition. Now, the stakes have never been higher because, if Section 8 is beaten, they'll lose more than bragging rights. They'll also lose their jobs.
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Audience Member Ski School may have come out way after the teen sex comedy boom and before the wave that American Pie started, and you know, I may be fifty and working in the corporate world and feeling dead inside, but I would leave to join Dave Marshak (Dean Cameron, Rockula, Bad Dreams and, most essentially, Chainsaw from Summer School) and his Section 8 team on the slopes if they'll have me, bad knees and multiple concussions and you know, old. This movie flows over me like malt liquor at a party. I mean, it's really the plot of every poor kids against rich elites movie ever — it's also the plot of another skiing sex comedy Hot Dog…The Movie — but it works. Of course it works. Movies like these are why instead of speaking up for myself, I just plan long and hilarious revenge scenarios. Ava Fabian, who is the love interest of our hero, is the kind of impossible robot who only shows up in these movies and marries rock stars. Seriously, the former August 1986 Playboy Playmate of ther Month went from this film and playing Roxy Carmichael in Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael to being involved with Journey's Neil Schon. Director Damian Lee also made Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe which makes perfect and absolute logical sense. Writer David Mitchell would go on to make the sequel to this movie along with Ski Hard and Shred, which teams Dave England from Jackass with Tom Green. Two songs on the soundtrack, "Punch Drunk" and "Half Man, Half Beast", are by Lock Up, which is Tom Morello's old band and man, pre-political party Tom Morello is pretty good. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Hilarious quotable lines. Gratuitous boobs. Entertaining early 90s comedy. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review mark h The best of all the ski movie genre. At least this one was funny. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Possibly the ultimate 80's movie even if it was made in 1990 with almost zero plot beyond having parties, seeing boobs, and then skiing (?!) But somehow it comes down to a skiing competition for some reason and of course the beer drinking good guys win and then have more parties! They don't make 'em like this anymore. Keep your eyes peeled for multiple lambada jokes so dated they'll make you groan each time! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Brilliant loved it growing up and still makes me laugh. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Pretty lame entry in the ski comedy subgenre. Mostly just really annoying characters and lots of toplessness. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dave Marshak (Dean Cameron) and his friends are a pack of highly skilled skiers and devoted party animals. On the slopes, they are known as "Section 8." But their reputation is at risk when a ski school of snobs -- headed by pompous and preppy Reid Janssens (Mark Thomas Miller) -- shows up looking to win the end-of-season downhill competition. Now, the stakes have never been higher because, if Section 8 is beaten, they'll lose more than bragging rights. They'll also lose their jobs.
Director
Damian Lee
Producer
Damian Lee
Screenwriter
David Mitchell
Distributor
HBO
Production Co
Moviestore Entertainment, Rose and Ruby Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 11, 1991, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.5K
Runtime
1h 31m
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