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Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

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6.5/10 • 84

2003-12-091h 2m

FamilyComedyAnimation

Wow ... fifth grade! But what good is practically being a grown-up when the teacher's a big sourpuss?

Everyone's favorite fourth graders have graduated! It's an all-new school year for the kids — and the gang hits the fifth grade running! But they're stopped in their tracks when they discover some unwelcome changes — no pizza, no playground... no lockers! And to make things worse, their teacher turns out to be the cantankerous Miss Finster! It's all too much for T.J., who is determined to find a way to stand up for what the gang believes in and improve the school they love! The fifth grade brings out the best in everyone... even Miss Finster and Principal Prickly!

Directors
Howy Parkins
Writters
Elijah Aron, Bart Jennett

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Rickey D'Shon Collins

    Rickey D'Shon Collins

    Vince (voice)

  2. Jason Davis

    Jason Davis

    Mikey Blumberg (voice)

  3. Myles Jeffrey

    Myles Jeffrey

    T.J. Detweiler (voice)

  4. Ashley Johnson

    Ashley Johnson

    Gretchen (voice)

  5. Courtland Mead

    Courtland Mead

    Gus (voice)

  6. Pamela Adlon

    Pamela Adlon

    Spinelli (voice)

  7. Allyce Beasley

    Allyce Beasley

    Miss Grotke (voice)

  8. April Winchell

    April Winchell

    Miss Finster / Mrs. Detweiler (voice)

  9. Dabney Coleman

    Dabney Coleman

    Principal Prickly (voice)

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r96sk

Jul 12, 2020

5/10

Thankfully better than 'Recess: All Growed Down', but 'Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade' is still a bit of a chore to watch. This again features a couple of different stories, though to be fair their integration into the film is much improved if still a bit messy. The cast are as they've always been, solid but not exactly memorable. Animation-wise it's decent. This is more on the level of 'Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street', yet still miles off 'Recess: School’s Out'. I simply don't understand why they didn't create three unique stories for these sequels, as they did for the original production. Compiled stories are, in my opinion, lazy. Not a series of films that I'll be revisiting, but they are ones that have pretty respectable ratings across a few platforms so it seems I'm in the minority. Each to their own, as always!

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Status
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Original Language
English
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