Back to School fingerprintFunny.
Calm and low-key
Hopeful and wholesome
Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and slapstick
Everyday modern life and family
Solid, not remarkable
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Back to School is calm and low-intensity.
Hopeful and wholesome
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's hopeful and wholesome. Much of it is about family.
Plenty of situational comedy and slapstick
Expect plenty of situational comedy and slapstick.
Everyday modern life and family
Its world is built around everyday modern life and family.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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He enrolled in college for the pursuit of finer things...like co-eds, shapely professors, fun and rock and roll.
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Back to School is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, and YouTube TV in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Hoopla, Plex, and Tubi TV. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 72/100 (IMDb 6.7, Rotten Tomatoes 81%, and Metacritic 68). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: strong language.
1 h 36 min
Back to School runs 1 h 36 min.
Yes. Critics average 75 and audiences 71 out of 100, so both groups see Back to School much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $11 million to make and earned $91 million worldwide, 8.3 times its budget.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
+120GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Back to School in 134 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 70 storytelling tropes for Back to School, including When All You Have Is a Hammer…, Villains Never Lie, A Minor Kidroduction.
6.7
