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Corey Feldman shines..., 26 December 1998
10/10
Author: Chris Barker from Houston, TX

This is a great movie! Comedy not at its best, but doing fine for what it should be doing. Corey Feldman plays Jessie, leadman for a band that just isn't getting along with the new assistant principal. When they decide to steal the prom for the scheduled band, all hell breaks loose. Constant laughs.

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Good Movie standing on its own, 21 March 2005
9/10
Author: JudasTheDark from NY, USA

If you have seen the movie Rock n' Roll High School and are looking for a similar experience with this movie you will be disappointed, however, standing on its own I found this to be an excellent movie. Although it is a comedy, it is still a completely different genre than the first. This is more like one of those teen movies of the 80s (not the serious Breakfast Club type but the absurd Better Off Dead type). So if you like that style of movie you should also enjoy this. I believe this movie would have received better reviews if it had not made its loose connections to the first movie. It is actually best to see this movie having not seen the first at all. The characters are fun although not well developed so watching this movie does not take a great deal of thought. The plot is nothing new either, high school kids rebel against administration. If you are looking for an entertaining movie that you don't expect to have a lasting impact on you this is a great movie. Throw it on in the background at a party and look up to catch Corey being the adorable kid we all love.

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OK, so maybe it's not an award winner, but I LOVE it!, 3 September 2004
10/10
Author: jenniferd-3 from Aberdeen

This is one movie that my sister and I will never forget. We still love it VERY much. We watch it as much as possible. If you have a crazy sense of humor and love movies that are a little different, this one is for you. OK, so maybe it is a little cheesy. Cheesy is good. Corey is a great actor and I wish he would make more movies. I am very happy that he's grown out of his Michael Jackson phase though. I think he needs to team up with Corey H. again for another Liscense to Drive, or a Lost Boys 2. That would be cool. Corey Feldman, I will love you forever and love everything you are in except for the Surreal Life! The natural look is better for you, no more peroxide. If you're not going to eat meat, don't wear leather. If they kill something for it's skin, it's better to eat it then let it go to waste. (I'm sure it would be the same way if humans were used for their skin.) But as far as rock n roll high school forever goes...... i want to be in a band now!

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Wonderful, Yet Under-rated, 20 April 2001
10/10
Author: Elfie-5 from North East

I love this movie. However, until a few months ago, I had no idea that this movie was a sequel to anything. I suppose that it's hard for a sequel to live up to a cult favorite, but as I've never seen the first movie, my opinion of this one isn't tainted by that. This is one of the funniest high school movies I've ever seen, and everyone ought to see it, the Appliance Worship scene is alone is worth it.

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A delightfully raucous blast of inspired teen comedy stupidity, 9 April 2009
8/10
Author: Woodyanders (Woodyanders@aol.com) from The Last New Jersey Drive-In on the Left

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Rowdy high school student Jessie Davis (Corey Feldman in peak mischievous form) and his gnarly band the Eradicators take a stand against evil and oppressive authoritarian new vice principal Doctor Vadar (the sublime Mary Woronov at her most divinely wicked and over the top), who refuses to let the Eradicators play at the prom and turns Ronald Reagan High School (school motto: "Just Say No") into a prison complete with electric fences and surveillance cameras. Writer/director Deborah Block brings a lively and engaging sense of playful anarchy to the blithely inane and absurd material; the humor is amusingly dumb and ridiculous, but never too gross or mean-spirited. Sidesplitting comic highlights include Jessie and his bandmates wreaking havoc at a school dance, a hilariously horrible band auditioning for the prom, the infamous pee drinking scene, and Doctor Vadar getting naughty with a hot brawny boy toy. The enthusiastic acting from the appealing cast qualifies as another substantial plus: Feldman easily carries the film with his breezy charisma, Woronov makes for a perfect uptight killjoy foil, plus there are fine contributions by Larry Linville as the meek Prinicpal McGree, Evan Richards as the zany Mag, Liane Alexandra Curtis as brash punkette Stella, Sarah Buxton as sweet and sexy substitute teacher Rita Mea, Jason Lively as snobby preppie Donovan, Brynn Horrocks as weird, yet alluring Goth witch chick Tabatha, and Michael Cerveris as connected hipster Eaglebauer. Mojo Nixon has a cool cameo as the Spirit of Rock'n'Roll. The funky rock soundtrack is simply awesome; the Eradicators in particular are a supremely smoking band. A total hoot.

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Who OK'd this movie?, 8 June 2005
2/10
Author: techlite17-1 from United States

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I bought this movie at a truck stop for 2.99 when I was in high school. I don't even remember why. Upon returning home, I watched it, and was very disappointed. The tape now resides at my ex girlfriend's along with "Hol Grail". Anyway, on to the movie.

The concept of the movie has been used, but we are given a brief explanation at the beginning as to WHY things are the way they are. It's explained that the students burned down the old Ronald Reagan High School. I guess that's plausible, but would you let those same kids back into the new one? Well it was the early 90's....

Then we meet our protagonists. Jesse Davis is Cory Feldman with a seagull haircut, and his cardboard, paper thing character buddies. None of these characters are ever expanded on, and in some laughingly bad parts, are stereotyped to no end. We get the token black guy, the token minority Asian guy, the angry at the world female, and that weird guy who I'd like to forget. The story is simple, the principal can't control the students and sends for help in the form of Doctor Vadar (gee if that's not a blatant rip off I don't know what is), a disciplinarian in all black, who at first you can't even tell is a woman.

In the meantime, that whacky gang led by Cory Feldman (doing his best to simultaneously channel Michael Jackson, Tony Hawk and Vanillca Ice/MC Hammer) finds time to rig a contest for their band named the Eradicators, a small side plot that isn't expanded upon, and in one of the strangest scenes ever in movie history, worship large appliances. Now I'm not an expert, or maybe I dozed off, but I don't see any reason why a bunch of high school kids would pay money (as was done in the movie), to worship an antique refrigerator. Maybe I should have had a few more shots of Jose Cuervo and I may have understood it. The scene lasts for a good 5 minutes too. It's not even really mentioned again, it's like they just threw it in as some kind of practical joke, although it wasn't that funny, just kind of eerie. There's a few scenes like this and to be honest, they could have been put into the movie in any order and it wouldn't have disturbed the plot at all.

If not for having gaping maws of plot holes, cardboard cut out characters, cheesy dialogue, and well, just bad sidetracks of the main story, it'd be a decent film. I gave it a 2, because 1 is reserved for things like Jack Frost 2, and other movies that don't have anyone in them we've heard of. At least we know who Cory Feldman is. If you get a chance, buy it, don't rent it, because it's worth about as much as the rental price (probably less).

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Better than you would think!, 5 September 2005
Author: cadhla from United States

Unlike the previous reviewer, I thoroughly enjoy this movie, because it's so awful! If you appreciate bad 80's film, you have to see this! It stars Corey Feldman during his Michael Jackson (emulation) phase. He can actually sing, accept for his attempt to sound like other musicians. This movie follows Corey and his band of miscreants on their adventures trying to win a contest for their HS band, and eventually end up playing the prom. Mischief is made, and hilarity ensues.

Anyways, yeah, it's awful, awfully good! If you can find somewhere to rent it, it's worth a couple bucks.

I actually own it.

If you like over the top genre based movies like "Girl's just want to have fun" (one of my favorites) then you will like this. It's pretty campy. it includes every stereotype of it's time.

The cameo by Mojo Nixon is worth sitting through the whole thing.

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The movie that describes high school, Rock N' Roll, 30 January 1999
Author: JoJo-31 from Texas

Rock N' Roll High School Forever is what describes high school in real life, rock n' roll. When I first saw this movie which was then that I don't remember, I loved it. I loved the part at the end when Jesse makes Doctor Vadar chase him inside the school in her car and even goes after Jesse's sweetheart teacher, Rita, and then she drives her car somewhere (I haven't seen the movie in a while so it's hard to remember) and it blows up. Well, the school's smoking while everyone gets out. Soon, the whole school blows up. I especially like the part when Mag, Jones, and Namrok have to take a drug test and they have little bottles of apple juice and they use that instead of urine and then they shout out loud "Hey, this is not my pee." They switch cups and keep on telling them it's not their urine until they sniff theirs and then drink it. Oh, man, I died laughing at the looks on the two guys faces who was passing out the cups. About my reason why this movie describes high school, well, if you go to one like mine, it ROCKS. Everyone knowing each other, everyone having a good time, a bunch of girls getting it on with their boyfriends, druggies, (I'm not saying that's a good thing, it's just that that's what the movie and my school have in common) and a whole lot of parties. The only difference is we don't have a mean enough principal like Doctor Vadar. Plus, watching this movie made me want to get into high school, and now I am and I want to thank the movie for telling me what high school is all about. The only bummer is that I don't have Comedy Central and that's the only channel these days that the movie comes on, darn it. I want to have that movie on tape and my brother and I will have a heck of a time watching it. If you haven't seen it, then get off your country and classical music butts and watch some rock n' roll.

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Hey, look- it's Mojo Nixon!, 22 November 1999
Author: Sai-Ken from Near Philly

This is far from the best movie- but you can't help but like it way more then you should. A lot of aspects go nowhere (what's up with Tabitha?) and most of the gags have been done elsewhere, but the appliance worship kills me dead every time. Having been a lot like the heroes while I was in highschool probably helps too- unless you ever honestly wanted juvenile revenge on the homecoming queen, you're probably not going to care much for the movie. But hey, it's got an over enthusiastic Mojo Nixon. What more do you really need?

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Movie Dfines what it is to be a prankster, 6 February 2007
10/10
Author: tmzrz-greatest from United States

This movie inspired some of the greatest events EVER at my high school, So many pranks are shown in this movie, ways to get back at those who think themselves above you, ANYONE who says they didn't like this movie are a Bunch of Vader's If you never see this movie because some ill humored old fart posted a negative review than you truly have forgotten what it's like being encased in cinder block rooms with cold plastic seats getting yelled at by an old fogy teacher. The storyline and the soundtrack are amazing and it's not saying much but Corey Feldman's Greatest role ever is Jessie Davis. Again I say to you for a heart warming tale of adolescence triumphing over the joyless horrors of old people this Movie is one of the greats

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