Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is a safe and harmless film mainly for families however for anyone older, the jokes don’t quite land though I’d be lying if I didn’t say it was mildly entertaining.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
(2016)
Genre(s): Comedy, Family
Lionsgate | PG – 92 min. – $39.99 | January 3, 2016
Date Published: 01/05/2016 | Author: The Movieman
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PLOT SYNOPSIS
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| Rafe Khatchadorian (GRIFFIN GLUCK) has an epic imagination and a slight problem with authority, and these things collide when he transfers to a middle school where students are expected to follow the rules. This doesn’t sit well with Rafe. With help from his new friend Leo (THOMAS BARBUSCA), the mischievous lad concocts schemes to drive his tyrannical principal (ANDY DALY) crazy while also using his charm and wits to impress a girl (ISABELA MONER) and battle the bullies. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 3.0/5 |
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This release comes with a slip cover. Inside is a DVD Copy and a redemption code for the Digital HD copy. That Middle School Life (10:57; HD) is a simple behind-the-scenes featurette, breaking down the characters, cast and plot. Middle School = The Worst/ Making Movies = The Best (5:28) is more BTS footage with the cast glowing on the fun they had making the movie. The Wedgie Wheel (2:33; HD) has the cast creating their own wedgies. Yolo: Behind Operation Rafe (6:55; HD) looks at the main character’s plan to break the rules. Also included are four Deleted Scenes (3:21; HD) and a Gag Reel (5:22; HD). Preview – The Great Gilly Hopkins |
VIDEO – 4.0/5 |
| Lionsgate releases Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is presented in its original 2.39 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. As one would imagine, being a comedy, colors are bright throughout and skin tones appear natural looking while detail is relatively sharp and nicely defined. |
AUDIO – 4.25/5 |
| The movie comes with a standard DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track which sounds good especially whenever the top 100 songs pipe in (like “Cake by the Ocean”), it envelopes the entire room quite nicely. Besides that, dialogue levels did sound crisp and clean but it’s a limited track given, like the vide, it’s a comedy. |
OVERALL – 3.0/5 |
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Overall, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is a safe and harmless film mainly for families however for anyone older, the jokes don’t quite land though I’d be lying if I didn’t say it was mildly entertaining. The Blu-ray released by Lionsgate offers up good video/audio transfers and some so-so bonus material. |
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