Recess: School's Out

(2001)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 380 votes

Genres: Family, Animation, Comedy

Year: 2001

Runtime: 82 min

Country: United States of America

Director: Chuck Sheetz

Cast: Andrew Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Памела Эдлон, Эшли Джонсон, Jason Davis

Plot

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.

It's the most exciting time of year at Third Street Elementary, the last day of school. But boredom quickly sets in for protagonist T.J. Detweiler as his five best friends are all heading for various summer camps. One day, while passing by the school on his bike, he notices a green glow coming from the auditorium. This is the work of the insidious former principal Dr. Phillium Benedict and his henchmen. He is planning to get rid of summer vacation forever using his newly acquired Tractor Beam, which he stole from the US Military Base in an effort to raise US Test Scores, and it's up to the T.J. and the gang to stop him. In the end, they, along with the help from all the other students, Principal Prickly, Ms. Finster, and the teachers, destroy the laser, Dr. Benedict and his henchmen are arrested, and T.J. and the gang decide to spend summer together.