
In 2001, high-school student Teddy Walker drops out of school when he's unable to concentrate during a crucial test. In 2018 he works as a barbecue-grill salesman and dating a wealthy woman named Lisa, and has developed a careful financial strategy that allows him to maintain the illusion that he is better off than he actually is. But his life falls apart just as he learns that he will inherit control of the store when the current manager retires: As he proposes to Lisa in th... (Full plot summary below)
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In 2001, high-school student Teddy Walker drops out of school when he's unable to concentrate during a crucial test. In 2018 he works as a barbecue-grill salesman and dating a wealthy woman named Lisa, and has developed a careful financial strategy that allows him to maintain the illusion that he is better off than he actually is. But his life falls apart just as he learns that he will inherit control of the store when the current manager retires: As he proposes to Lisa in the shop, he accidentally triggers an explosion when a champagne cork pops open a gas tank; the manager runs away with the insurance from the explosion. Teddy's friend is willing to give him a job--if he can earn his GED.
Leave your thoughts about Night School.
| Pasadena WeeklyCarl KozlowskiSomehow its underlying goofy energy and positive message about the importance of education and second chances should leave viewers feeling entertained if they're not expecting high art. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereThe cast is first-rate, and the laughs keep coming. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekAs flat and generic as its title...a limp comedy that comes off like a cruelly extended episode of a bad classroom-based network sitcom. |
| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyIn the end, it comes up with just over half a dozen decent jokes — about one per writer. |
| Consequence of SoundBlake GobleThe movie’s merely the latest A-list comedy of this sort, is happy to live in the middle, and yet it frustratingly outwears its welcome because of a lack of creativity and sloppy structure. |
| Movie MomNell MinowThe premise is in the title and the best jokes are all in the trailer. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian Orndorf"Night School" is too slapdash to catch fire, lacking discipline to do something besides the expected with the cast and plot. |
| National Newspaper Publishers Association Dwight BrownThat sensitive, emotional intangible spirit is not what most audiences will expect, but that's what they will get. They will leave the theater having experienced an orgy of laughter that culminates with a tender glow. |
| Cinema AxisCourtney SmallUnlike Hart's other high-concept comedies, there is simply not enough laughs or character development to give Night School a passing grade. |
| AXS.comTom Santilli...its as if an entire season of sitcom plots were jammed into one feature-length movie. |