Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
The movie follows Rafe Khatchadorian (Griffin Gluck), who has an epic imagination and a slight problem with authority as he sets out to break every one of the many rules made by his strict principal.
20 March 1970, New York City, New York, USA
22 January 2001, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
16 March 1967, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
21 April 1970, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
18 March 1982, New York City, New York, USA
18 August 1971, Michoacan, Mexico
24 August 2000, Los Angeles, California, USA
January 20, 2017
Given the current discussions in this country on how our school system is failing our kids, the movie's plea for creativity over tests will have surprising resonance for parents too.
October 07, 2016
Channeling the spirit of John Hughes and playing like a tween version of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life delivers an easily digestible and amusing portrait of youthful hijinks.
October 07, 2016
Despite a cringe-worthy gaffe with regards to the Wu-Tang Clan's geographical origins, "Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life" is harmless fun with a trace of anarchy in its DNA.
January 18, 2017
Silly and rarely believable in any of its particulars...Andy Daly, though? Really funny.
February 23, 2017
An entertaining slice of Disney Channel-esque subversive comedy that will appeal to both tweens and adults.
January 05, 2017
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is better than middling as it sidesteps the trap of simply pandering to its youthful demo with cheap laughs and silly mugging.
October 07, 2016
Throw in some tacked-on anti-standardized-tests speeches and a late-in-the-game reveal about a death in the family, and you've got a movie that's constantly zigging and zagging emotionally without a skilled hand at the wheel.
January 24, 2017
Downright funny kid-movie satire about the horrors of moving to a new school and dealing with a dictatorial principal who hates creativity and loves oppressing students.
January 11, 2017
Underneath the predictable All-American school experience, there's some real heart.
October 07, 2016
Ironically, Middle School's message is about encouraging kids and grown-ups to think outside the box and yet, the filmmakers themselves do precisely the opposite.
January 13, 2017
Middle School is a treat for kids before they head back to their own classrooms.
October 07, 2016
Though its title and general tone lament the stifling atmosphere of the years between childhood and full-fledged teenhood, the movie misses the animal hostility and physical awkwardness of genuine tweens.
