Adrien Brody won an Academy Award for his incredibly moving performance in The Pianist, but there’s no chance he’ll repeat that feat with his starring role in High School – and that’s totally fine. High School‘s an R-rated stoner comedy that shows off a completely different side of Brody. High School also stars Colin Hanks, Adhir Kalyan and Yeardley Smith and was written by Eric Linthorst and John Stalberg, Jr, with John Stalberg Jr directing.
The Plot:
The day after soon-to-be valedictorian Henry Burke (Matt Bush) takes a hit of the chronic for the first time, his school principal (Michael Chiklis) institutes a zero tolerance drug policy and administers a mandatory drug test for all students. Henry has two options: fail and lose his college scholarship, or team up with his stoner friend Breaux (Sean Marquette) to beat the system. They steal a high powered ganja from law student-turned-drug-dealer Psycho Ed (Adrien Brody) and spike the school’s bake sale brownies, getting the whole school—faculty included—completely stoned out of their minds. But with the student body getting higher and higher with every brownie, and a pissed-off Psycho Ed on their tails for stealing his stash, they must find a way to keep their half-baked plan from going up in smoke.
Watch the trailer (not appropriate for work):
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