![]() ![]() He's ultimately helped by a girl named Jeanne Galletta (Isabela Moner) even as he has to List of rules one by one, checking them off as he goes. When Dwight destroys Rafe cherished sketch book, all bets are off, and with a little encouragement from Leo, Rafe decides to break Dwight's endless Longtime friend Leo (Thomas Barbusca) has ended up at Hills Village as well, and is even less inclined than Rafe himself to take Dwight's endless rules Rafe has an early and awkward interchange with his new school's martinet principal Ken Dwight (Andy Daly), but is relieved to see his Rafe at least has the unquestioned support of his sousĬhef mother (Lauren Graham), though he has to suffer the slings and arrows of a typically hyperarticulate and kind of snarky little sister, Georgia Perhaps anxiety prone hours before he has to try matriculating to yet another "new" school. The films tendency to exploit visual bells and whistles is on display from the get go, with Rafe's drawings coming to life to help keep him company in The case may be) may not jibe especially well with. The film'sĬircumspection about what may be underlying the inarguably provocative and at times downright near delinquent behavior on the part of Rafe reliesĪ plot conceit that won't be spoiled here, but which tends to push this film into territory that its whimsical takedown of The Man (and/or the Principal, Regard is the fact that he's been forced to transfer to Hills Village Middle School, perhaps appropriately in the middle of a school year. His history at school hasn't exactly been stellar, and one salient piece of evidence in Undisclosed issue which is leading to some behavior problems. Rafe Khatchadorian (Griffin Gluck) seems like a nice enough kid, one with more than a bit of a penchant for drawing, but one who has an initially Probably also provides an apt general summary for how many felt about their travails during their adolescence. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life's title doesn't just circumscribe the general tenor of this fitfully engaging film, it Horrifying for many kids even if you called the building Perilous grades of either 6-8, 6-9 or 7-9 (I've seen all three in various regions, but it was 7-9 where I attended junior high) would probably be as In what might be thought of as the flip side to Shakespeare's immortal line from Romeo and Juliet about a certain flower smelling the same (sweet) way no matter what you end up calling it, the I grew up, it was always called junior high, though the junior high I attended in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue evidently now calls itself a Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, January 2, 2017Ī propos of nothing other than some passing curiosity, when did junior high become middle school in the United States, or have there alwaysīeen areas that referred to the institution between elementary school and high school as middle school? In both Salt Lake City and Seattle where Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Blu-ray Review Producers: Leopoldo Gout, Bill Robinson, James Patterson Starring: Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Alexa Nisenson, Andy Daly, Thomas Barbusca, Retta Writers: Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Kara Holden, James Patterson Desperate to shake things up, Rafe and his best friends have come up with a plan: break every single rule in the school and let the students run wild.įor more about Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life and the Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Blu-ray release, see Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on Januwhere this Blu-ray release scored 2.0 out of 5. Imaginative quiet teenager Rafe Katchadorian is tired of his middle school's obsession with the rules at the expense of any and all creativity. ![]() Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life Blu-ray despite great video and audio falls short as a Blu-ray release Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016) ![]()
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