School's Out!

TV Movie
1992
TV-14
1h 32m

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Pat Mastroianni, Kirsten Bourne, Stefan Brogren, Michael Carry, Irene Courakos, Anais Granofsky, Neil Hope, L. Dean Ifill, and Stacie Mistysyn in School's Out! (1992)

The Degrassi kids spend one last summer together.The Degrassi kids spend one last summer together.The Degrassi kids spend one last summer together.

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8.1/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Stefan Brogren (Archibald 'Snake' Simpson) was the first person to use the word "fuck" on Canadian television.

Goofs
During the cottage sequence, Alexa angrily yells at Simon that she "can't believe you just said that!" Despite him not saying anything, and the scene not being cut, with Simon simply playing volleyball with Tim, saying nothing, and the scene not being cut into, but rather fluid, indicating an edit of some kind, but one that was incongruent.

Quotes
Caitlin Ryan: Tessa Campanelli? You were fucking Tessa Campanelli?

Alternate versions
When "School's Out" premiered in the United States in 1993 on PBS, lots of footage was left out. These scenes include:
Joey and Tessa going into more detail about the movie they saw on their first date.
Snake falling into the pool on his first day as a lifeguard.
Snake being followed around the pool by little girls who develop crushes on him.
Tessa showing up late for work the day after her date with Joey, then going into detail with Spike on how Joey will be her's before school starts.
Snake confronting Joey about two-timing Caitlin with Tessa, and saying that Joey has spent his summer "f**king Tessa". (In the U.S. version, "seeing Tessa" was dubbed over the above mentioned words).
When Caitlin overhears the conversation, she asks Joey, "You were f**king Tessa Campanelli?"
Snake rescues a drowning girl at Bronco's party, then has a breakdown because of his lousy summer.

Connections
Followed by Degrassi Talks (1992)

Sad ending, but memorable of the 80s

I used to really like the Degrassi series - I probably still would if they continued airing it (even if they were reruns).

I was actually too young at the time to relate to the characters, but they managed to tackle serious social and personal issues that could happen to any teenager in any day of their life. Because of the brilliance of this series, I am able to embrace the knowledge it has brought upon me. However, the movie was a different story...

The first time I heard 'School's out' was going to be on TV (early-mid 90s, perhaps?) I was extremely excited, but once I saw it, it wasn't as good as I expected it to be. I felt that the characters had matured way too much, which seemed like a huge jump from when they were just in High School. It was rather dismal and depressing to see practically all the characters have their lives ruined, though, I suppose films like this would provide a really good way of educating a lot of future teenagers.

The good aspects of the film is that it looks into modern teen issues, and more importantly, it was a good laugh to be seeing all the tragic 80s/early 90s fashion blunders and side-to-side dancing emerge after a while of slumber.