Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

dworldeater Three O'Clock High is a entertaining and dated teen comedy from the 80's. This movie I can relate to pretty easily, as I got into a few fights in my youth that went down at the end of the school day. I like the film, but I can't stand the main character of the film Jerry, who is an annoying, unlikeable dweeb of which I would like to flush his face down the toilet bowl. Jerry provokes a new student Buddy Revell by trying to have a creepy, awkward conversation when the guy is trying to pee and grabbing his shoulder as well. Jerry did'nt even wash his hands before he grabbed Buddy's jacket. Buddy responds in kind by flushing Jerry's sneaker in the urinal and lets him know that after school they are going to have a fight in the parking lot. Jerry, being the spineless turd that he is tries in vain to get out of the fight and when he does "win" the fight with Buddy, he does not fight fair and has a lot of help. Buddy Revell is not a bully, but a misunderstood guy that likes to keep to himself and needs his own space. It is not his fault that people constantly challenge him and he beats them up, especially when people can't keep their hands to themselves. Jerry is a character that the audience is supposed to like and somehow this superdork is God's gift to women and is irressistble to the hot Goth girl, the popular 80's babe and the hot teacher. I found myself rooting for Buddy Revell, a guy with integrity, the real hero of the film. Three O'Clock High is very 80's and a pretty campy comedy, it does not hold up as well as some other movies from this time period, but is fairly entertaining as a whole, even though I absolutely cannot stand Jerry and would like to beat him senseless .

Woodyanders Meek Jerry Mitchell (an excellent and engaging performance by Casey Siemaszko) gets challenged by scary and brutish bully Buddy Revell (a fearsome portrayal by the brawny Richard Tyson) to a big fight after school. Will Jerry come through when it counts most or try to find a way out of this nightmarish predicament? Director Phil Joanou keeps the absorbing story hurtling along at a breakneck pace, builds plenty of tension, offers a spot-on depiction of high school as a fascist prison-like hell on earth, pulls out the flashy stylistic stops with rip-snorting brio and breathtaking precision, and tops everything off with a wickedly sharp sense of fierce self-mocking humor. The smart and insightful script by Richard Christian Matheson and Tom Szolossi astutely presents a key male adolescent rite of passage in which a weak and passive boy learns how to become a much more strong and assertive man by standing up for himself and fighting his own battles instead of either running away from them or having someone else fight said battles for him.The fine acting from the ace cast keeps this movie humming: Annie Ryan as Jerry's kooky proto-Goth girlfriend Franny, Stacey Glick as Jerry's snarky sister Brei, Jonathan Wise as nerdy pal Vincent, Liza Morrow as sultry hot babe Karen, Jeffrey Tambor as amiable school store manager Mr. Rice, John P. Ryan as no-nonsense principal Mr. O'Rourke, Charles Macauley as stern disciplinarian Voytek Dolinski, Mitch Pileggi as overzealous security guard Duke Herman, Caitlin O'Heaney as prim English teacher Miss Farmer, and Philip Baker Hall as the hard-nosed Detective Mulvahill. Further energized by Tangerine Dream's vibrant pulsating score and bravura dynamic cinematography by Barry Sonnenfield, this baby rates highly as one of the best teen comedies from the 1980's.

utgard14 High school loser Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko) touches Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson), a tough new student who's a "touch freak," meaning he goes nuts when people touch him. Now he has to fight Buddy at three o'clock in the parking lot. Fun, vibrant comedy that's totally underrated. It's criminal that this isn't more well-known. I think any guy who went to public school should be able to relate to it. The cast is great and the script is smart. But it's the excellent direction from Phil Joanou and cinematography from Barry Sonnenfeld that sets it apart from most of the other high school comedies of the '80s. It's a really good movie that deserves wider recognition.

eckhouse24 "Three O'Clock High" was one of those 80's films that dealt with high school students against each other. Released in 1987, it went un-noticed because of all the other 80's nerd films like Revenge of the Nerds, Lucas, Some Kind of Wonderful. This film was a bit more original in my opinion.It was the day in the life of Jerry Mitchel, a not so popular student whose main high school contribution was to either the school paper or running the student school store. On this day, he wakes up and tells himself that it's going to be one of those days. The kind of day when you realize your out of clean clothes and that your wash was left in the washing machine. Your car has a flat and your stuck taking your mom's station wagon to school. Just an ordinary day.Just an ordinary day until student legend Buddy Revell starts his first day at his new school. He is a legend because of his short temper which had gotten him kicked out of many schools due to fights and pulling weapons out. When Jerry encounters Buddy in the bathroom, he makes the fatal mistake of touching Buddy Revell. Revell does not liked to be touch. Revell challenges Jerry to a fight, after school, in the parking lot.The rest of the film is following Jerry throughout his day trying to get out of the fight. Hour by hour, the day gets worse for Jerry up until the fight.The film is funny and is shot really well. The story, simple yet original, works because the actors are very believable in their roles and the scenarios are just a bit over exaggerated. If you like 80's films, you like comedies, or you just like trying out a new film, check this one out. I think you will enjoy.