Product Details

• Actors: Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Ashley Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Courtland Mead
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• DVD Release Date: August 7, 2001
• Run Time: 82 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005KAQJ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,448 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Recess - School's Out" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Disney's Recess: School's Out dipped in and out of theaters faster than fans of the cable TV show could snap their lunch boxes shut--kind of nice for parents whose idea of grown-up detention is sitting through such fly-by-night kiddie features. Now that home screenings are an option, though, plan for the ages 5-and-older set to settle in for reruns. Also plan to get sucked in yourself--if the screwball plot doesn't do it, the soundtrack will. While TJ and Principal Prickly (the latter the unfortunate bearer of the "saggy butt" that becomes this movie's clunkiest running gag) bust in on a crew of fiendish would-be teachers during summer break, slices of vintage grooviness--Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild," Strawberry Alarm Clock's "Incense and Peppermints," and Robert Goulet's "Green Tambourine" among them--get you cheering along, whether you're 3 or 43. The reason for all the retro funkiness revolves around the chief bad guy, Phil Benedict, a one-time educational visionary and former Prickly schoolmate. Back in the day, Benedict was a radical school revolutionary, but his manifesto for better test scores misfired when it called for a ban on recess, a concept so barbaric it got him canned from a cushy government job. Now, undeterred in his mission to make life miserable for kids, he's hatching a switcheroo scheme that will forever pull the shade on summer and thus summer vacation. Predictably, right at trigger time, TJ, Prickly, and the gang roar in to the rescue. It's an ending that's as pat as any on the TV show, but so what--this is a movie that aims for summer-linen lightness. Just as the Fifth Dimension promise on the soundtrack, it lets the sunshine, as well as a few well-timed chuckles, in. --Tammy La Gorce

Product Description

The Third Street Elementary School kids are teaming up to save summer vacation for kids all over the world in Disney's RECESS: SCHOOL'S OUT -- the hit theatrical movie that The Washington Post calls "Great Fun!" The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp -- until T.J. uncovers an evil plot to do away with summer vacation! A crazy former principal, Dr. Benedict, is planning to use a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. Faced with the dire threat of year-round school, T.J. rounds up the RECESS gang and bands together with some unexpected allies -- Miss Finster and Principal Prickly -- in a nonstop adventure to save everyone's summer break. As the kids discover the heroes inside themselves, a platoon of wacky characters, far-out music, and sci-fi surprises turn this madcap mission into a major victory for fun!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Full Length Version of the Hit Show!, August 2, 2001

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Alex (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Recess - School's Out (DVD)

The youngest member of my family was the only one who wanted to go and see this because he was a fan of the show. The whole family taged along and we all liked it! It was very funny! I have seen some of the show so I knew who the characters were, but my family who didn't loved it. It's summer vacation and the whole gang has gone away to different summer camps, except T.J. When he finds out that a mad scientist is out to rid the world of summertime, he has to gather his friends and and do whatever it takes to keep summer. Even team up with... his principal! Mrs. Finster definately steals the show with her sarcastic comedy lines like "Curse these bodacious hips of mine"! Plus the special features! Myra's remake of the old motown hit "Dancing in the Street" is great! I'm so glad the music video is on this DVD!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome movie for anyone!!!: Recess: Schools out., August 11, 2001

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Liolania "In2Jesus" (Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Recess - School's Out: Saving the World One Playground at a time. [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This may be a G-rated film geared at children esp. since the show was, but ANYONE can *enjoy* this film not just little kids,teens,or adults. BUT ANYONE!!! It has kickin music from the sixites allthough I'm sure not EVERYONE knows sixties music like I do since I grew up listening to it even though I'm ONLY 16yrs!!! But besides the GREAT music the MOVIES GREAT TOO!!! Be sure to watch the end credits its really cool and funny!!! I love the show recess and this movie has a cool plot!!! Like the show always has absurd plots. But that's what makes it so good!!! I wont give it away though... I'll just say your in for a treat!!! So rent or buy this today!!!

God Bless ~Amy

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Love This as Much as My Son, October 7, 2002

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J. A. Carroll "juanthomcar" (Franklin Park, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Recess - School's Out: Saving the World One Playground at a time. [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I bought this movie for my ten year old son. He finds it very entertaining and a lot of laughs. All of the charactors that are present in the Saturday morning cartoon version are also present here including the always hilarious kindergarteners. The themes here are all positive (good over evil, etc,) and parents need not worry about any the mixed integrity messages that are sent by so many other cartoons out today. Pure enjoyment for the young and the young at heart!