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My mom introduced this movie to me and my brother and sung its praises like no other. She told us that this was done by Carl Reiner, father of the legendary Rob Reiner. Like with so many other movies that came out of the 1980's, this is one that will never be forgotten. In addition, this is a unique high school movie that will leave you in stitches because you laugh so hard. Then again, that's always been Carl's claim to fame: make you laugh so hard that you forget about a bad day.It all begins with Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon before he joined "NCIS"), a devil-may-care gym teacher who is laser-focused on going to Hawaii for summer vacation. Then comes the principal and practically forces him to teach remedial English for summer school. There goes the summer vacation and he has to teach a motley crew of students who don't exactly have the best academic records in the world.Two of the students he has to teach are horror movie fans who know their way around special effects and the like. You also have pregnant Rhonda (Shawnee Smith before she was in "Saw" and just before she was in "The Blob"), as well as a foreign exchange student and a surfer girl who likes Shoop more than a typical teacher and student should. Everyone has their own story to tell and he has to deal with it.Probably one of the best scenes in the movie is when Shoop decides to leave and the students make a stand to get him back by scaring the living daylights out of a temporary substitute with the help of their horror movie aficionado classmates, essentially scaring her off. They then go down to the beach, still in their horror movie attire, and plead to Shoop to come back. He concedes, of course, and the students eventually take a formal English test (the fill in the bubble kind, of course), proving the cynical principal wrong in so many ways.Needing a good laugh? Had a bad day? Sit down and watch "Summer School." It's one of the craziest comedies to ever come out of the 1980's and I guarantee you will watch it over and over again.

The laid back slacker of a Physical Ed teacher Mr.Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon)is really looking forward to his summer recess. In anticipation of spending his time in Hawaii with his lovely girlfriend, Shoop and his class watch the gymnasium scoreboard clock as they count down the the seconds to the final bell. Meanwhile in another part of the building a determined Mr. Dearadorian, English teacher, (DIRECTOR/ACTOR)Carl Reiner is rubbing scratch offs from the roll of California lottery tickets he purchase in hopes of winning his way out of his lousy job as Summer School Teacher. Our elated and exasperated English professor looks in shock as he realizes that he has won the big money prize and tells his boss good bye and runs off leaving the lone teacher poor Mr.Shoop holding the proverbial ball. No vacation, no Hawaii, just long days in the classroom teaching remedial English to a bunch of the strangest group of students you'll ever try to teach. From a hay fevered nerd Alan, Pregnant Rhonda,Larry the Chippendale dancer,Anna Maria Italian Beauty Queen, Dyslexic Denise and Wannabee House guest of Mr. Shoop Pam. The two stand out characters in this whole movie are students Francis Chainsaw (Dean Cameron) and his side kick Dave (Gary Reilly). With their array of disgusting props and viewing of their favorite Movie the Texas Chainsaw Massacre those two bring classroom participation to a comedic fever pitch. Shoop is basically clueless in teaching English and asks for Neighboring teacher (A SLENDER Miss Robin Bishop) Kirsty Alley for help on how to teach.At first Robin is standoffish due to the fact that she's dating cutthroat Assistant Vice principal Phil Gills(Robin Thomas) but Mark Harmon gives the Shoop character a special endearing charm and despite his transitional methods of teaching, he takes his misfits students to the beach, petting zoo and viewing The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Shoop is so taken in by his class that he makes deals with them by helping Denise with her driving exam,working with Larry at his football skills Lamaze coach for a pregnant Rhonda (Shawnee Smith) and hosting a party at his beachfront home for his rowdy pupils. The summer moves swiftly as the goal here is getting these kids ready for the English remedial exam. Just when it looks like all is lost as Mr. Shoop feels he's been taken advantage of because his Students over time didn't live up to their end of the bargain. Shoop storms out of his class, quits and the antics of his students rise to a higher level of comedy.You won't be disappointed in the outcome. Great period piece with no shortage of comedy but make sure you bring back the pass you used to go to the bathroom. I rate this movie 7 teacher's apples here!

"Summer School" (1987) is a solid mid-80s teen dramedy in the tradition of 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", 1985's "Just One of the Guys" and many others. Although it's no where near as good as "Fast Times" -- since that's the pick of the litter -- it's still a solid high school comedy-drama.Likable Mark Harmon plays a hip gym teacher, Shoop, who gets stuck teaching remedial English in Summer School. His students don't want to be there and neither does he, but at some point he develops fatherly concern for the kids. Meanwhile, Kirstie Alley plays another teacher at Summer School who catches Shoop's eye. Can Shoop get these kids to learn? The first act plays out in a fairly leisurely, languid manner, but somewhat amusing. It wasn't until around the mid-point of the movie that I really started to see Shoop's goodheartedness. Yes, he's a bit too irresponsible to be an effective teacher, but he makes up for it in that he cares about the kids and they, in turn, begin to care about him, and care about learning too.The group of teens consist of a jock, a stud, two horror film geeks, a prego girl, a cute blond, a hot foreign student, a nerd, a spirited Hispanic and a token black dude. It's to the film's credit that quite a few of these characters -- mostly rebels of one sort or another -- are fleshed-out enough that you begin seeing them as real people and actually like them. Take, for instance, the brief subplot about the jock and the prego girl. It's surprising touches like this that lift "Summer School" from mediocrity.Although Fabiana Udenio -- the foreign babe -- is certainly beautiful, Courtney Thorne-Smith steals her thunder as the cute blond, Pam. Speaking of Pam, there's a subplot that shows the naiveté and goodheartedness of Shoop when Pam asks to stay at his place. Anyone with a brain could see that Pam has the hots for him, but Shoop just sees her as a student in need and innocently allows her to (temporarily) stay. Alley's character, however, sees the obvious problems of the situation and opens Shoop's eyes.The reason I'm not giving "Summer School" a very high rating is because I don't want to mislead people into thinking that it's better than what it is. It's a second-tier 80s teen dramedy, but it's solid if you can handle the laid-back vibe and sometimes amateurish editing. What makes it so likable is its mid-80's soundtrack, warmheartedness and lack of raunch.The film was shot in the greater Los Angeles area and runs 97 minutes.Grade: B-

Summer School is a great movie. I am a very big fan of Mark Harmon and this is one of his best films. In most of his movies he plays a strict but sometimes funny man but in this movie he acts very stupid and makes this such a good movie. Hope you will rent or by this movie if you haven't seen it yet. ***Must Watch Movie***If you like this movie you may like some of Mark Harmon's other movie like The Presidio, Local Boys, and Casulties. Also if you liked this movie you may like NCIS on CBS which Mark plays the boss and can be very strict at times but very very funny at others. This is my comment on Summer School hope you enjoy/enjoyed the movie.