Rotten
A stoner comedy with a slightly musty vintage aroma.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
High School
Random drug tests? You just can't study for them.
2010 · 1h 39m · R
Comedy
Directed by
John Stalberg Jr.
Overview
A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail.
Director and cast
- John Stalberg Jr. Director
- Adrien Brody as Psycho Ed
- Matt Bush as Henry Burke
- Sean Marquette as Travis Breaux
- Colin Hanks as Brandon Ellis
- Michael Chiklis as Dr. Leslie Gordon
- Adhir Kalyan as Sebastian Saleem
- Mykelti Williamson as Paranoid
- Luis Chávez as Big Dave
- Max Van Ville as Little Dave
- Brett Kelly as Martin Gordon
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
High School sucks harder than it blows.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Rotten
If it ever opens at a theater near you, remember: Just say no.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
I'm betting director John Stalberg Jr. also debated calling it "Bake Sale," revolving as it does around the mass-dosing of the student body with pot brownies.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Rotten
The only good news for everyone involved: The worst moment in your career is surely behind you.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
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