Three O'Clock High

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ערן א great movie!! saw it 20 times and loved any second of it. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/15/24 Full Review Augustine J I really liked this movie. It has one of my favorite opening credit sequences, with everything going wrong, it's a good scene. This movie is also a great metaphor for the inevitability of having to face your fears, you can try to run from them but in the end, you have to confront them. For a movie without any major stars it managed to be a really good flick. Check it out. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/13/24 Full Review Idiot Best high school movie ever. A wild ride all the way through. Builds up to a huge after school fight that doesn't disappoint. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/12/23 Full Review Dave B Loved this movie when it came out still do. Great little fun film Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/08/23 Full Review allan c Okay, I know this is not really a five star film, but it's one of my all-time favorites and that's why I've rated it as such. Also, "Three O'Clock High" is probably the second best non-John Hughes high school comedy of the 1980s ("Valley Girl" get's the #1 spot and "Real Genius" a very close #3). The story here, as the title alludes, is "High Noon" with teenagers. Casey "Young Guns" Siemaszko plays a nerdy school newspaper geek who offends the new kid, Richard "Two Moon Junction" Tyson, who supposedly killed a guy at his last school, and then challenges Siemaszko to a fight after school. Siemaszko spends the rest of the day trying to get out of the fight to hilarious effect. There are so many memorable things about the film, but I think most memorable is the exuberant stylized direction by Phil Joanou and the excellent photography by the Coen Brothers regular director of photography Barry Sonnenfeld, right before he went on to direct his own films, such as "The Addams Family," "Men in Black" and "Get Shorty." In lesser hands, this with would have simply been a mildly entertaining comedy, but with Joanou and Sonnenfeld behind the camera, it has the same wild energy and creativity of the Coen Brothers or Sam Raimi. The film is also memorable for it's supporting cast, which includes Jeffery Tambor ("Arrested Development"), Phillip Baker Hall ("Hard Eight"), John P. Ryan ("Bound"), Mitch Pileggi ("The X-Files"), and Paul Feig ("Heavyweights"). &ou may not have heard of these folks, but you'd instantly recognize them. It's also of note that Steven Spielberg, who's mentored Joanou when he worked on his TV show "Amazing Stories," was the executive producer on the picture, but Spielberg asked to have his name removed from the credits. That could be attributed to Spielberg being surprised after screening the film and asking Joanou, "What happened to Karate Kid? You made a Scorsese film!" And true, the film is more akin to "After Hours" than "The Karate Kid," but I think that's why I love it. Overall, I believe this is a pretty irresistible film that I think just about everyone will love. If you've never seen "Three O'Clock High," do yourself a favor and check it out. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Casey Siemaszko does a really fine job portraying one ordinary kid's destiny on his very own high school Odyssey. The day drags on forever as he hurtles towards (and tries desperately to avoid) the final conflict awaiting him at 3 O'clock in the high school parking lot. The movie captures yet again the 1980's genius of teen movies where kids inhabit their own independent, separate world not ruled by adult rules - for better and worse. The scenes with Jerry and his English teacher Ms. Farmer are worth the price of admission alone. This movie is often overlooked due to the tsunami of classic teen movies that came out all around it. Well worth the watch. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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