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Janet Maslin, New York Times: Mr. Harmon has an easygoing attractiveness, but neither he nor anyone else seems comfortable with the film's antic pace. And for all its busyness, this comedy has no real focus, ricocheting from character to character with wearying abandon. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: A comedy so listless, leisurely and unspirited that it was an act of the will for me to care about it, even while I was watching it. Read more
Geoff Andrew, Time Out: A bit bland compared to Reiner's Steve Martin comedies, but engagingly played. Read more
Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Here are some of Summer School's favorite things: idiocy, illiteracy, irresponsibility, drunkenness, dumbness and debauchery. Piqued? Read more
Rita Kempley, Washington Post: The moral is a sweet one: If you try, you never fail. The world is graded on a curve. Read more