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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: First Look Pictures
Salesrank: 49646
Released: May 6, 2008 |
| Our Price: $8.46 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The plan for these high-school seniors with a major case of senioritis: break into Principal Dickwalder's house and throw the party of the year. But Principal Dickwalder overhears Adam explaining the plan; ruining the celebration...or does it? Adam's only chance at redemption is to host the party himself. Gorgeous models, stripteases, a gigantic gravity bong, a funeral and some crêpes are the key elements to the best skip-day party ever. Their only problem? Principal Dickwalder is on a mission to stop the festivities. This hilarious fun-filled adventure will make you want to plan a skip day of your own.
Senior Skip Day (Unrated) Reviews:
Might want to skip this one? 
2009-06-11 - The premise of this movie is pretty straightforward: every year, according to a tradition, the senior class takes a day off. The Principal of the school is determined to wreck the plans of the senior class. A geeky dude is caught in the middle of it all.
One of the "innovations" of this film is to feature 2 alumni of party movies & teen flicks - this time as the adult figures. Lea Thompson (Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition), All the Right Moves and Casual Sex?) stars as the mother of the geek. As she's about my age, this film made me feel kind of old!
Meanwhile, Tara Reid (American Pie - Unrated (Widescreen Collector's Edition) and National Lampoon's Van Wilder - Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)) is the geek's older sister. Obviously, the inside joke is that Thompson & Reid used to be in these very sorts of films starring as the teens-running-amock.
Ultimately, while the nostalgia of Thompson & Reid was nice, I found this film on the lame side. There are a comical parts, but nothing that made me have a guffaw of a laugh. The funeral that supposedly lasts the whole day is well beyond the realm of believablity. Also, for a film that advertises itself as "unrated and uncut," it's on the tame side. It's a far cry from crazy flicks such as National Lampoon's Animal House and Old School (Widescreen Unrated Edition).
So, if you're in the market for a party movie, I would pass this one over as there are plenty of other PM flicks that are much more worthwhile. This one isn't terrible (perhaps just a shade shy of 3 stars), but isn't noteworthy, either. Perhaps the one thing that might draw the curious to this film is Lea Thompson playing the mother in a party flick. Of course, that's pretty much just out of nostalgia alone.
terribly unfunny movie 
2009-05-20 - What are these other reviewers thinking??!! I bought this because so many of them said it was funny, yet there was not one laugh to be had in the whole movie. The acting is just awful, and Tara, Lea, and Norm had glorified 2 minutes each and were just along for a paycheck. A truly bad movie. One of the worst and unfunniest movies I have ever seen. If I could give 0 stars, I would have. They just do not make good teen comedies anymore. Any of the American Pie movies were 10,000 times funnier and better written and acted.
Another senior skip day
2008-07-02 - I watched this movie with an open mind, considering the reviews of how great the movie was. I just watched and yeah it has it's funny moments, i'll give it that. But they are few and far between.
It is a clever movie, and it could have been a fun watch, if there had not been so much focus on a sexy girl dancing just about every 5 minutes and swearing happening just about every 30 seconds. I am a fan of American pie it is a guilty pleasure. But this is a fraction of what a american pie was. The stars Norm MacDonald, Lea Thompson, and Tara Reid
get enough screen time to mentioned as cameos.
I am not trying to ruin anyones parade I just would like to let people know what they are in for. Yes, it was good if you like the cheesy national lampoons they release now, which I will say was probably a little better than that, but not by much. So if you like those cheesy national lampoons movies and can handle swearing every 30 seconds then you could like this movie.
so my over all opinion is this movie is for those who like cheesy comedies without much substance. Which is a lot of people. However it you are looking for the same experience that american pie or animal house gave you could be disappointed.
now as for the positive outlook for which is few, there is some humor that is funny. The principal Larry Miller mainly carries the humor through movie along with the funeral rap song which is mildly amusing.
This also is a start for two up and coming new stars, Gary Lundy and Kayla Ewell who were both pretty good.
It is a shame this movie could have been saved for columbia or warner bros instead of firstlook, if they just tweaked the script a little bit.
You can have a funny movie without constant swearing and sexy girls.
example...animal house, porky's, and american pie.
I give this movie two stars, it could have been three and a half with
a better script. It's funny but, this will probably be the only bad review this movie will get.
Except for the gravity bong... 
2008-06-27 - Pretty much your ordinary teen movie...
I thought it was funny, but also very predictable,
happy ending and all.
The class nerd rescues the party and gets his
crush girl in the end.
It is a party movie and just about anything
that makes the Dickwalter look bad is O. K.
with them.
A very good funny movie 
2008-05-13 - The movie is excellent from start to finish. The young stars give great performances and Larry Miller adds a lot to the fun. All ages will appreciate.
