Saving the world one playground at a time.
The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — until T.J. uncovers an evil plot to do away with summer vacation! A crazy former principal, Dr. Benedict, is planning to use a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. Faced with the dire threat of year-round school, T.J. rounds up the RECESS gang and bands together with some unexpected allies — Miss Finster and Principal Prickly — in a nonstop adventure to save everyone's summer break.
Recess: School's Out (2001) is a family, animation and comedy film directed by Chuck Sheetz, released on February 16, 2001 with a runtime of 1h 22m. It stars Andrew Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Pamela Adlon and Ashley Johnson. Viewers rate it 6.6 out of 10 across 380 ratings.
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Andrew Lawrence
as T.J. Detweiler (voice)
Rickey D'Shon Collins
as Vince La Salle (voice)
Pamela Adlon
as Spinelli (voice)
Ashley Johnson
as Gretchen Grundler (voice)
Jason Davis
as Mikey Blumberg (voice)
Courtland Mead
as Gus Griswald (voice)
April Winchell
as Ms. Finster / Mrs. Detweiller (voice)
Dabney Coleman
as Principal Peter Prickly (voice)
Ryan O'Donohue
as Digger Dave / Randall (voice)
Robert Goulet
as Mikey's Singing Voice (voice)
Melissa Joan Hart
as Becky (voice)
Peter MacNicol
as Fenwick (voice)
Directed by Chuck Sheetz, written by Jonathan Greenberg, Joe Ansolabehere and Jonathan Greenberg, produced by Stephen Swofford and Toshio Suzuki.
Average viewer score of 6.6/10 from 380 ratings.
Enjoyable. I occasionally watched the television series when I was younger and remember liking it, so I guess it's no surprise that I had a good time with <em>'Recess: School’s Out'</em>. It features a pretty ridiculous plot but it's brought to life well by the characters and animation. All the former are good, each one with differing personalities. None of the voice cast standout majorly but they all fit perfectly…
Reviewed on July 12, 2020
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Recess: School's Out (2001) is available to stream on Disney Plus, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Recess: School's Out (2001) includes Andrew Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Pamela Adlon, Ashley Johnson and Jason Davis. The film was directed by Chuck Sheetz. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Recess: School's Out was released on February 16, 2001 and runs for 1h 22m.
Recess: School's Out (2001) holds an average rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 380 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy family, animation and comedy films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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