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I watched this for the first time since it was originally aired at the time it was done. Since that time, I have watched all of the Degrassi shows to the present. Wisely, the writer chose not to include every student but focus on core characters. This made the film sharper, with a lot more cohesion to the plot. The characters in Degrassi always seemed real and this film highlights that. The acting is very good, the actors at times are seemingly ad-libbing their lines. It was a groundbreaking film also, apparently the first time an expletive was used on Canadian television. Think about it: What was the U.S. version of Degrassi? Saved By The Bell! In Degrassi, the characters made mistakes and lived with them. This film highlights the time after high school. It does it admirably. I have nothing but praise for this production. They could have made it a fairytale film, marrying a few couples off and watching as everyone else prospers. They chose to depict real life. They did a great job.

Every fan of the original show MUST see this. Your Degrassi experience is not complete without it.

Dark? Yes. But for a show showing a realistic take on pre-teens and teens and growing up this is a great way to end the original series. Some happy endings and some jaw-dropping tragic moments. Pretty much everyone who was on the show the last few years is in this at some point. It doesn't go the pat happy ending that most shows would have pulled. They let some characters really screw-up. I loved that it went this far.

It's worth it for that classic Caitlin line to Joey at the climax. Fantastic, envelop pushing material.

Degrassi School's Out is the wonderful climactic end to the Degrassi series, which was centered around a bunch of regular teenagers going to Degrassi

High School. School's Out is chock-full of drama and heartache, not to mention sex and alcohol. It's actually a really realistic representation of most teens' summers right after graduating from high school. It's also refreshingly natural, everyone looks the age they are supposed to be, and every female isn't some

beauty queen poster girl for breast implants. It's actually altogether quite a poignant film, particularly if you've seen the show that preceded it. It makes you really want to know what happens after it ends. Great movie.

The first time I ever watched this movie was back in 1994 when I was living in a small town called Gildford located in the northern part of Montana. I watched the whole movie with one of my nephews and enjoyed it all the way through but I expected more after it came to its ending. I used to watch reruns of the Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi High episodes everyday when I got home from school while living in Gildford and I always loved and cherished those shows because of how enjoyable and true to life they were. I now own the complete series of Degrassi Junior High on DVD and I just received a brand new copy of the School's Out movie on VHS and after watching it once again after almost twelve years, it really is much better the second time around. It didn't exactly have the happiest of endings but that's what made the story so believably realistic. I absolutely love this movie and consider it a wonderful conclusion to the Degrassi Old School storyline.

I rest my case.

~Mr. Make Believe

When the original Degrassi series were airing they were known to tackle teen issues that no one else dared. They didn't just talk about drug abuse they had people suffer the consequences. In "School's Out" the gang from Degrassi once again go through some tough times.

Representing the end of the Degrassi shows, this one does clue up on a nice note (someone gets married), however, everything isn't "fairy tale-like" for everyone. If you want realism, you'll love this movie. If you want something that's feel good don't bother.

I picked this video up at the Library because I have heard of it through the Kevin Smith movies (he always refers to the show in his movies). Though I never have seen any of the show, I figured, what the hell. I have to say, this is a good video. I am very interested in seeing more of the show.

The plot is this: All the kids graduate and go through one crazy last summer. Pregnancy, drunk driving, infidelity, and teenage marriage are all in the mix, along with some awful 90's music. All and all, a very neat way to show what happens when you grow up.

Don't expect classrooms, lockers or Mr. Raditch.

This is basically a romantic, drama, soap opera for teenagers. Its only about Joey and Caitlin Relationship.

Its good but it lacks that Degrassi feel even for High School Grads.

Its a must see to cap off an end to a great series. Anything after doesn't really matter.

I'll miss this series because there are none like this. This is where the Degrassi series really ends. It's a series finale.

After years and years of trying Joey finally bangs Caitlin.

I'm the same age as these characters. It was wonderful to take a trip down memory lane and watch the original series Degrassi Junior High & Degrassi High, restarting right at the beginning in Grade 8 along with Joey, Snake, Wheels, and the others. Then capping it off with this film -- the finale. My impression is that the film does NOT reflect the series, and for that reason, I'm disappointed.

The film went into a direction of ticking boxes of all the things that could be upsetting and did so while alienating most of the cast that I expected to see at the end. Whether the casting just couldn't round up most of the actors, or if the actors simply declined the offers, School's Out only focused on the inevitable longing for losing one's virginity, which had me wondering if it simply wasn't a choice for most actors to turn this film down.

The Degrassi High franchise prior to this send off made me laugh and cry. Not everything revolved around love, but when it did we saw different combinations of couples, and sometimes life altering results for the choices they made for sex (ie. HIV and pregnancy/abortion).

This film steered away from all that Degrassi worked on when it came to social dynamics to simply give us a typical look at sex and losing one's virginity between a select few original characters. It was a very basic script, and offers almost no humour and nothing to think about. In fact, there isn't even much that is relatable, or anything we learn from this film -- unlike the beloved series.

What's even more puzzling is how the spotlight was given to the very new and unliked character of Tessa, while giving a character like Spike almost no camera time.

When the door closed on the original Degrassi High series, it would have been nice to see some alignment with it in this final film. I wished for a little bit of humour and some problems to solve. Instead, the film takes us to a darker place filled with infidelity, fighting, alcohol, with life changing consequences stemming from those three themes. Was anything happy in this film? Sure. But the few happy moments were criticized by the characters.

While the cast did their best with the script and remained true to the characters that we loved watching throughout the series, I found myself simply disliking almost everyone in the end mainly because I was expecting so much better from this film.

When I first watched School's Out I found it to be a great and exciting conclusion to Degrassi High the cast did a fantastic job. It's the summer of 1991 the gang at Degrassi has just graduated and are looking forward to spending one more wild summer together before going off to university.Each character is dealing with a personal matter, Joey (Mastroianni) who wants to lose his virginity has just asked Caitlin (Mistysyn)to marry him. However she isn't ready yet for a commitment or intimacy . Snake (Brogren) is working as a lifeguard and he too wants to not be a virgin before leaving for school. Wheels (Hope) is showing signs of an alcohol problem, while Caitlin is working most of the time local girl Tessa Camponelli (Bourne) is there to support Joey's desire. As the summer comes to an end everyone is dealing with the impending reality that things are changing. Everything comes to a head at Bronco's (Ifill) cottage party when Caitlin discovers the truth about Joey's affair and breaks up with him. Lucy (Granofsky) gets into a terrible car accident in Wheel's car because he was driving drunk. The gang gets together again at the wedding of Alexa (Courakos) & Simon (Carry).8/10

I used to really like the Degrassi series - I probably still would if they continued airing it (even if they were reruns).

I was actually too young at the time to relate to the characters, but they managed to tackle serious social and personal issues that could happen to any teenager in any day of their life. Because of the brilliance of this series, I am able to embrace the knowledge it has brought upon me. However, the movie was a different story...

The first time I heard 'School's out' was going to be on TV (early-mid 90s, perhaps?) I was extremely excited, but once I saw it, it wasn't as good as I expected it to be. I felt that the characters had matured way too much, which seemed like a huge jump from when they were just in High School. It was rather dismal and depressing to see practically all the characters have their lives ruined, though, I suppose films like this would provide a really good way of educating a lot of future teenagers.

The good aspects of the film is that it looks into modern teen issues, and more importantly, it was a good laugh to be seeing all the tragic 80s/early 90s fashion blunders and side-to-side dancing emerge after a while of slumber.

This was a great end to a series that really helped me through my teen years. It was nice to get closure as when the show ended it was before any of them had graduated and never felt "finished".

The movie covers that next step after high school and before college. That summer after finishing high school is a massive one for most teenagers. Life changing decisions are made, and the characters go through some of the common ones.

There is a definite "step up" in the things the characters get up to as well. Casual alcohol and drug use and even casual sex. For the first time we're not getting lessons behind every decision either it's just naturally evolving.

The movie is still corny and predictable as was the series and it isn't all without its lessons. Still, that is what we love about the show and this movie is a definite must watch for fans!

School's Out teaches the mistakes you make will follow you forever. Joey begins an affair with Tessa after Caitlin refused his proposal causing him to lose her. Wheels drives drunk injuring a child and Lucy which he had to serve time in jail. Spike had to work the entire summer to provide for her newborn. Tessa got pregnant from Joey, she had an abortion after Joey made it clear there was no future between them. Caitlin was magnanimous for forgiving Joey and wanting to be friends, I would probably would have wanted revenge.

If you're a Degrassi High/Junior High fan, maybe you shouldn't watch this movie. They ruin the lives of just about every character on the show! It is sad and depressing. This movie should have never been made!

I'm not a big Degrassi fan, so maybe that's why I found this to be such an interesting movie.

I watched Degrassi when I was in my early teens, my Father thought it was a good way to teach me some things about life. I thought the show was good, but I was never a big fan. I got to know the characters over the years, I saw them grow, but I didn't really feel for them very much.

The other week I got to see the movie. I wont talk about anything other then the story line, because that's really all I noticed.

It really wasn't anything like the show, but what the show had done for me is build up the characters, give them a lot of depth. In other movies you get to know the characters for a very short time. I knew these characters for all their teenaged years.

The movie totally ruins nearly all their lives. This gave me a very weird, interesting feeling. I never really cared for the characters, so I didn't feel sad. But I didn't expect all this to happen, I really enjoyed it.

Or maybe my mind is just twisted.

School's Out was only a good movie because it was the Degrassi people. I don't think Joey was very convincing as a superstud, and I wanted to shoot Caitlin. Her character used to be all cool and feminist, but in this movie she was a big wimp. But it is definitely worth seeing.

Well I finally saw this movie (10 years after its release).

I was a big Degrassi fan throughout middle and the first part of high school. In fact, I even remember seeing "The Kids of Degrassi Street" way back when on PBS. I always enjoyed the real type of issues that the series covered and honestly the show was way ahead of its time in several ways.

The show was pretty good with not resolving issues or plot lines within a 30 minute time span. And some issues lasted thru many episodes and some were never completely resolved.

The final episodes of Degrassi High kind of took the opposite approach and started to resolve things.

The movie decided to go back in the opposite direction and leave everybody in a mess. And unlike several others that have posted a review, I think this was a good and realistic thing. So I liked what the movie was trying to do and it was in complete 'Degrassi' style.

But with that being said, let me say that this movie was most definiately the weakest Degrassi project. The plot was basically boring drivel about nothing.

The wedding of Simon and Alexa was just plain boring. The affair with Tessa was nothing but soap opera. The on again, off again thing with Caitlin and Joey was old news and just a retread. The Snake plotline was STUPID, it amounts to "can't get laid during his senior summer". The guy never had sex during all of high school and now becomes a nutcase during his senior summer because of it. Who cares!!!

The only plotline worth anything was Wheel's. It was a very ironic way for him to go out considering what originally put him down that path.

School's Out was a good but failed attempt to end the series.

I hope they do a reunion at some point, even if it is only with a few cast members.

What distinguished the Degrassi series through all its various incarnations was the fact that it dealt with the problems of growing up in a honest and straightforward manner, School's Out is no exception.Although it might be comforting to people who have followed the series from the beginning to think that these young people live happily ever after, that wouldn't be true to intent of the original series or, true to life. This drama shows actions and there consequences as these young people accept(or choose not to accept) the responsibilities of adulthood.The result is a complex, disturbing,yet ultimately hopeful final(?) chapter to the wonderful Degrassi saga.

This movie is a travesty for true DeGrassi fans. While the series focused on real, true to life problems, and dealt with them delicately and realistically, this "film" is silly, and sensationalist. All the characters are changed beyond recognition, showing none of Degrassi's characteristic consistency. It is terribly depressing, and a positively awful way to end Canada's love affair with these kids. Six out of a possible ten.