I think it's been a few years since we had a good high school comedy -- the purist in me wants to say the entire sub-genre died with John Hughes' career, but we've had a few like "Clueless," "Election" and "Mean Girls" to keep us going. Now an indie movie is going to try and make the grade, and it's landed two big stars to do it. According to Variety, Adrien Brody and Michael Chiklis have enrolled in "High School," a comedy written and directed by John Stalberg Jr.
The story centers around a high school valedictorian (no word on who plays him), who decides to be a bad boy just once in his high school career, and indulge in an illegal substance. He gets high with the school stoner, only to face a drug test which will ruin his school career. Being a smarty-pants, he decides to get the entire school stoned, so that he can beat the test by making everyone fail with him.
Brody will be playing a local drug dealer, and Chiklis will play the school's principal. What student would be brave enough to touch drugs with Chiklis in charge of the school? Only one with a death wish. On the other hand, I bet we can all predict what happens to the scary principal with all that marijuana floating around....
Sound off, readers. Does the presence of an Oscar-winner and The Thing sell you on this stoner comedy? Or have you had enough of high school, onscreen and off, to last you a lifetime?
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