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Overview
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Writers:
Paul Germain (television series Recess) &
Joe Ansolabehere (television series Recess) ...
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Release Date:
16 February 2001 (USA) more
Tagline:
Saving The World One Playground At A Time
Plot:
TJ and company must save summer vacation from disappearing forever. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Box Office Takes A Siesta
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 March 2001)
Lousy Movies Take Their Toll At Box Office
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 12 March 2001)
User Comments:
If you like Recess on TV you'll LOVE the movie. more (35 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Rickey D'Shon Collins | ... | Vince LaSalle (voice) |
| Jason Davis | ... | Mikey Blumberg (voice) |
 | Ashley Johnson | ... | Gretchen Grundler (voice) |
| Andrew Lawrence | ... | T.J. Detweiler (voice) (as Andy Lawrence) |
| Courtland Mead | ... | Gus Griswald (voice) |
 | Pamela Adlon | ... | Ashley Spinelli (voice) (as Pamela Segall) |
 | Dabney Coleman | ... | Principal Peter Prickly (voice) |
 | Robert Goulet | ... | Michael 'Mikey' Blumberg (singing voice) |
 | Melissa Joan Hart | ... | Becky Detweiller (voice) |
 | Peter MacNicol | ... | Fenwick (voice) |
 | April Winchell | ... | Miss Muriel P. Finster / Mrs. Detweiller (voice) |
 | James Woods | ... | Dr. Philliam "Phil" Benedict (voice) |
 | Diedrich Bader | ... | Guard #2 (voice) |
 | Allyce Beasley | ... | Miss Grotkey (voice) |
| Francesca Smith | ... | Ashley B / Upside-Down Girl / Swinger Girl (voice) (as Francesca Marie Smith) |
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Also Known As:
Recess: The Ultimate Summer Vacation (USA) (working title)
Summer Vacation: The Ultimate Recess (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
82 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Spain:T | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G | Greece:K
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HIDDEN MICKEY: When the kids, hiding in the heating duct, witness the tractor beam being tested, the first shot of the moon being hit shows a cluster of craters on the upper right side, shaped like Mickey Mouse's head. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Erik von Detten's name is spelled "Erik Von Dettin" in the credits. more
Quotes:
Benedict:
[Flashback to 1968] Be cool, people. Be cool.
Female Protester:
We'll be cool when you give our kids their recess back!
Benedict:
Hey, baby, I can do what I want! I'm the Principal of the school! And there's nothing anybody can do about it! Dig?
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Soundtrack:
Theme From S.W.A.T. more
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Recess the TV show is about kids having fun, and teachers being teachers (good and bad). There's good character development and personality variation on the small screen and it carries well to the big screen.
The movie puts the kids in the role of spies who need to break INTO school to save their lifestyle. Along the way, there are great 60's flashback scenes and songs, lots of funny spy movie cliches including the mob-scene climax.
The characters are caricatures but it IS a cartoon after all. There's good voice casting (including James Wood, Melissa Joan Hart and a great sounding Robert Goulet). The plot is complicated (and just a little goofy), but my 8 and 10 year old had no trouble following the action.
There are good messages about friendship, respect, integrity, duty, but these aren't done in a preachy way.
The animation quality is variable. There are some great 3d zoom-sweeps, but for part of the movie the characters look like they've been singed. However, the few animation flaws are only an issue for nitpickers (like me).
See it with someone who knows that characters and likes them. It'll be a good rental or a nice afternoon in the theater.