Product Details

• Actors: Michael Cera, Jayne Eastwood, Terry McGurrin, Kathy Najimy
• Directors: Riccardo Durante
• Writers: John Derevlany, Lin Oliver, Louis Sachar
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: August 19, 2008
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0019F02ZI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,996 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Wayside School: Season One" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Based on the hilarious Wayside novels for children by Louis Sachar, Wayside: The Movie is an animated distillation of the first wacky book in the series, with a few extra ideas thrown in. Set at the architecturally unsound Wayside school--which is 30 stories tall with a zig-zag structure and only one classroom per floor--the story begins with the arrival of a new boy, Todd, who seems only to get in trouble when trying to understand the oddball culture of the place. Sent to a science class at the very top of the building, Todd encounters a teacher who throws his desk out the window and then punishes him for wondering why. The principal seems to be in love with his public-address system (which has the unfortunate effect of making the walls close in whenever he uses it), the friendly janitor needs a blueprint of the school to find crucial shut-off mechanisms, and there's an extremely low-ceilinged classroom where kids hurt their arms whenever raising their hands. In the midst of this madness, Todd makes some friends and draws the affectionate attention of a girl, but ultimately faces a test of his bravery and ingenuity when he has to save his science class from getting squashed. Really, one has to be there to understand. This is a delightful, short feature (49 minutes) that will appeal both to kids who have read the books and to those who haven't. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 19-AUG-2008
Media Type: DVD

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining as a cartoon, but kind of dumb, January 4, 2009

By	Peter Shawhan (Silver Spring, MD United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Wayside - The Movie (DVD)

My kids and I absolutely love the Wayside School books for their highly entertaining stories and for the joyfully clever ways they play with language and storytelling. Unfortunately, very little of that comes through to the movie. Sure, the movie fits in LOTS of elements from the books, but many of them are introduced inexplicably and have little role in the story. What's missing is the zany logic that makes the books so charming. If you know the books, you may enjoy the references, but the movie itself ends up being pretty standard cartoon slapstick. My five-year-old still enjoys watching it, but I was disappointed that the special intelligence and heart of Wayside School has mostly been lost.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wayside School, November 22, 2007

By	Chicago Fan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wayside - The Movie (DVD)

This is a great DVD for children. The books are wonderful but the DVD is just as good. This DVD may inspire children to read the books too!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, December 21, 2008

By	S.M.F. (Louisiana) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wayside - The Movie (DVD)

I read the Wayside books to my students. This short video is very funny. It had me lol at several points!