High School U.S.A.

1983

Action / Comedy

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 1935 1.9K

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Plot summary

Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.

Director

Rod Amateau Photo
Rod Amateau

Top cast

Michael Joseph Pierce Photo
Michael Joseph Pierce as Student
Darryl Hickman Photo
Darryl Hickman as (uncredited)
Nancy McKeon Photo
Nancy McKeon as Beth Franklin
Dwayne Hickman Photo
Dwayne Hickman as Mr. Plaza
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885.79 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 1
1.61 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by safenoe 6 / 10

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Reviewed by Uriah43 5 / 10

An Average High School Comedy

This movie essentially revolves around a rather unambitious high school senior named "J. J. Manners" (Michael J. Fox) who has recently become attracted to another student named "Beth Franklin" (Nancy McKeon). The problem is that Beth is currently dating the most popular boy in the school by the name of "Beau Middleton" (Anthony Edwards). To that effect, not only is Beau the most popular guy in high school, but he is also the richest one there along with being the high school quarterback. Throw in the fact that Beau is quite aware of J. J.'s attraction to Beth and the situation becomes that much more difficult for J. J. as well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, even though there were a number of well-known actors involved in this film, I don't believe their talents were utilized as well as they could have been. For example, I liked the fact that both Bob Denver (as "Milton Feld") and Dawn Wells ("Miss Lorilee Lee") appeared in this movie. Yet, rather than taking advantage of this fact, the director (Rod Amateau) failed to give them any worthwhile screen-time to make any real difference. Throw in a rather mundane plot and the final result was rather mediocre at best. Be that as it may, while this was certainly not a bad movie by any means, I don't think it was nearly as good as it should have been and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
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