WHAT’S IT ABOUT
Teddy Walker is a successful salesman whose life takes an unexpected turn when he accidentally blows up his place of employment. Forced to attend night school to get his GED, Teddy soon finds himself dealing with a group of misfit students, his former high school nemesis and a feisty teacher who doesn’t think he’s too bright.
MOVIESinMO REVIEW
So a movie about studying for the GED test. Plots don’t get any simpler than that, and Keven Hart and Tiffany Haddish made a nearly 2-hour movie about it, and it worked. In Night School, we meet Teddy Walker (Kevin) in 2001 in high school. He’s popular, and he’s the kid that has everything that everybody else wants. He also has a really big ego. So, because of a test he doesn’t want to take, he decides to leave school and become better than everybody at his school. Fast forward to present day and Teddy is just what he set out to be – successful. He has a fancy car, a beautiful girlfriend with a high profile job and he’s the top employee at his job. Unfortunately, his luck runs out, and he’s forced to get his GED to qualify for a better position where his friend works. More of Teddy’s luck ends when he arrives at the school. Suddenly everything he tried to avoid has come to a head. His fast-talking, hustling, and street smarts are slowly being diffused by his former classmates, his current classmates, and Carrie (Haddish), the night school teacher. After halfway trying to study, Teddy gives up and reverts back to his old ways. He convinces the other students to do the same and help him steal the answers to the test. Up to this point, the movie was just funny for the sake of funny. After the “test stealing” scene, the true logic behind Teddy’s entire outlook on life began to unfold and Night School started to be funny for a whole list of new reasons. There are plenty of morals presented with the most important one staying in school and getting your diploma. If you think you have a learning disability, find out early and hopefully you can get a teacher that truly cares, like Carrie. You also learn you can only fake it for so long as Karma will catch up to you. In the end, Hart and Haddish are two very funny comedians, and although some of the jokes are over the top, they still make it work. Night School isn’t the funniest movie, but it has a strong message about education and since it PG-13, a lot of kids that need to see it can.
MEDIA
- Genre – Comedy
- Street date
- Digital – December 11th 2018
- DVD/Blu-Ray – January 1st 2019
- Video – 1080p
- Screen size – 2.39:1
- Sound – English DTS:X, English Dolby Digital 2.0, French and Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles – English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras
- Audio Commentary featuring director Malcolm D. Lee
- Alternate Opening (HD 6:29)
- Deleted Scenes (HD 13:27)
- Night School’s in Session! (HD 13:33)
- Who’s the Student? Who’s The Teacher? (HD 2:33)
- Prom Night Revisited (HD 3:07)
- Cap’N Gown ‘N Giggles (HD 2:08)
- Gag Reel (HD 11:07