High School
A valedictorian facing a career-ending drug test teams with his school’s most notorious stoner to turn a desperate cover-up into a campus-wide high.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- raunchy
- witty
- late night comedy viewing
- stoner movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the released version an uneven, lowbrow teen stoner comedy, despite stronger festival reactions before its delayed and altered distribution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Henry recruits Psycho Ed to defeat a drug test, then expands the plan into dosing the entire student body.
The protagonist's college scholarship is endangered by a positive screening result.
Valedictorian Henry depends on the school's biggest stoner, Psycho Ed, to nullify the test.
The students organize collective intoxication as a countermeasure against the school's drug-testing system.
Films like High School, and why
Dazed and Confused
raunchy teen comedy centered on drug use, school pressure, and escalating mischief
The Girl Next Door
irreverent high school comedy combining adolescent rebellion, delinquent schemes, and broad humor
Pineapple Express
stoner comedy with outsized characters, drug-fueled chaos, and an anti-authoritarian tone
Accepted
teen-centered comedy about academic pressure, identity, and increasingly reckless attempts to protect a future
Movie Details
- Director
- John Stalberg Jr.
- Release Date
- 2010-06-03
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (167)
Cast
- Adrien Brody
- Matt Bush
- Sean Marquette
- Colin Hanks
- Michael Chiklis
- Adhir Kalyan
- Mykelti Williamson
- Luis Chávez
- Max Van Ville
- Brett Kelly
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Starz Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is High School about?
- A valedictorian facing a career-ending drug test teams with his school’s most notorious stoner to turn a desperate cover-up into a campus-wide high.
- What is High School like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of High School as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is High School violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in High School as mild.
- What did critics think of High School?
- Critics broadly found the released version an uneven, lowbrow teen stoner comedy, despite stronger festival reactions before its delayed and altered distribution.
- Which films are like High School?
- Films with a similar feel include Dazed and Confused, The Girl Next Door, Pineapple Express, and Accepted.
- How long is High School?
- High School runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch High School?
- In United States, High School streams on Starz Apple TV channel.
