Even before going to see this film, I had to ask myself if I were
        not going to waste my hard earned cash on a really stupid film.
        After having seen it, I can assure you that it is indeed one of the
        year's stupider films, no matter that it has the very funny Jon
        Lovitz starring in it as the new idealistic teacher at Marion Barry
        High school (!).

        High School High attempts to be AIRPLANE, NAKED GUN, DANGEROUS
        MINDS and STAND AND DELIVER all in one. Unfortunately, it lacks the
        comic genius of the first two and falls short of a really good
        spoof of the latter two. Lovits plays Richard Clark who chooses to
        leave a safe nepatistic position at a proper prep school run by his
        father in order to teach at the roughest school in the Inner City,
        Marion Barry High.

        Most of the sight gags and put-on dialogue used to convey the
        "dangerous minds" atmosphere of an inner city school plagued by
        violence and anti- academia appear to fall short of the mark. There
        are some very funny lines in the film, however, and some of the
        material takes on an almost Marx Brothers quality. Much of the
        material is just too predictable.

        There is a very funny scene involving car chicken that must have
        come right out of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. At least, that's the
        thought that it elicited in me.

        Most of the 90 minutes however were spent in apologizing to my date
        for having taken her to see the movie.

        Jon Lovitz, no doubt, is a very funny dude who does his best with
        not too good material. He does manage to get some laughs from the
        audience.

        Tia Carrere is still as beautiful as she was in Wayne's World. She
        is a pleasure to look at, and not a bad actress, given the bad
        vehicles that she has appeared in.

        Louise Fletcher, an actress I always enjoy watching, recaps Nurse
        Ratched as well as the drug pushing principal from DANGEROUS MINDS.