Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
The beloved group of fourth-graders has graduated and enters a brand-new school year, launching into fifth grade with boundless energy. Yet they are halted by unwelcome changes—no pizza, no playground, and no lockers. To complicate matters, their teacher turns out to be the cantankerous Miss Finster. It proves overwhelming for T.J., who vows to stand up for what the gang believes in and to find a way to improve the school they love. The fifth grade brings out the best in everyone—even Miss Finster and Principal Prickly.
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Howy Parkins
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Thankfully better than <em>'Recess: All Growed Down'</em>, but <em>'Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade'</em> 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 <em>'Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street'</em>, yet still miles off <em>'Recess: School’s Out'</em>. 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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