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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)

October. 07,2016
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6.1
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PG
| Comedy Family

A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you expect trouble follows.

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Karry
2016/10/07

Best movie of this year hands down!

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AutCuddly
2016/10/08

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

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Brenda
2016/10/09

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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Ginger
2016/10/10

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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man_dan_87
2016/10/11

Liked the story line and the imagination plot. Was a decent effort, could have been better if the actors gelled into the script. I felt there was a minor gap between the story and a group of talented actors. Alexa Nisenson was exceptional though. Positives: Story-line, Animation, Georgia, Principal Negatives: Predictable towards the end.Rating it 7 as I liked the story-line.

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hawked-off
2016/10/12

I haven't read the book(s). I had high expectations based on reviews noting that the film "celebrates creativity and out-of-the-box thinking" (Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 7 October 2016), two qualities of education which, in my opinion, are all but doomed in modern Western education. I was disappointed. Other reviewers have covered details of what was wrong, and right, with this film, so let me just say that in trying to make a mass-marketable film, the creators missed two important goals. The underlying message of the film is important for adults, counterproductive for adolescents. As the reverse seems to be the intent, one negates the other. Educators and parents need to be slapped in the face with the fact that schools are conformity factories, not unlike prisons. A light comedy with cartoonish authority figures - the principal and vice-principal - engaging in clearly illegal and inappropriate activities defeats this purpose. As for the adolescents, the message of getting in touch with creativity and out-of-the-box thinking is hopelessly overshadowed by the superficial take-away, that pranks and mayhem are effective and justified methods of achieving creativity (and justice). One more point: yes, this is a "nerd v. bully" film, but Miller, the adolescent bully, is just a red herring. The real bully, of course, is Principal Dwight. Giving kids the impression, even in jest, that they can overcome such a powerful authority figure with a series of harmless hi-jinks is setting them up for a life of detention. The one saving feature of a film that tried to do too much was the touching bond between Rafe and his recently-departed brother. Rafe's difficulty in letting go was beyond heartbreaking, and the maturity he gained in this coming-of-age process was beyond heartwarming.

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hudapulkit
2016/10/13

hi, It is a awesome movie.The visual Effects,script,storytelling,comedy,music all are awesome.It is my first movie in which i worked as a 3D Artist.So from that point of view,I loved the movie .....I can say its perfect entertaining movie .In Indian words "Full Paisa visual Movie".... I suggest one must watch this movie if they love their school to refresh there school life.All artist have done best work,specially the lead character's acting is up to best.In short watch this movie.Thank you

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Michelle Panacre
2016/10/14

I was expecting a rip-off of "The Diary of a Wimpy Kid" films with similar toilet and slapstick humour - I was hoping for it as well, wanting a cringe-worthy film like HSM.Instead what I found was not a patronizing, garden-variety kids movie. It is surprisingly creative - every time I thought the plot was leaning towards a clichéd "moral of the story" kind of trend (standing up to the bully/becoming popular and ignoring old friend/prank master) the movie was original and refreshing.GOTTA say i really loved how current this film was (soundtrack is all popular pop songs and well suited to this movie type - Drake was mentioned and the kid "Shon" or "Sean" or whatever CRACKED me up)Plus, the animated parts were interesting and just childlike enough that the films more serious sub- themes didn't become tedious.The acting was decent and the characters (apart from 'bear') weren't so archetypal that it was hard to digest.(this movie made me cry ((a LOT)) and thus, 10/10)

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