Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

2003

1h 2m

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Everyone's favorite fourth graders have graduated! It's an all-new school year for the kids — and the gang hits the fifth grade running! But they're stopped in their tracks when they discover some unwelcome changes — no pizza, no playground... no lockers! And to make things worse, their teacher turns out to be the cantankerous Miss Finster! It's all too much for T.J., who is determined to find a way to stand up for what the gang believes in and improve the school they love! The fifth grade brings out the best in everyone... even Miss Finster and Principal Prickly!

Directors

Howy Parkins

Writers

Elijah Aron(writer by)

Bart Jennett(writer by)

Stars

Rickey D'Shon Collins

Jason Davis

Myles Jeffrey

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Rickey D'Shon Collins

Vince (voice)

Jason Davis

Mikey Blumberg (voice)

Myles Jeffrey

T.J. Detweiler (voice)

Gretchen (voice)

Gus (voice)

Spinelli (voice)

Miss Grotke (voice)

Miss Finster …

Principal Prickly (voice)

Gregg Berger

BoE Agent #4 (voice)

Mayim Bialik

Kurst the Worst (voice)

Digger Sam (voice)

BoE Agent #1 (voice)

Newscaster (voice)

BoE Agent #2 (voice)

King Bob (voice)

Greg Skeens (voice)

Ashley Q (voice)

Directors

Howy Parkins

Writers

Elijah Aron(writer by)

Bart Jennett(writer by)

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5/10

Thankfully better than 'Recess: All Growed Down', but 'Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade' 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 'Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street', yet still miles off 'Recess: School’s Out'. 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!

r96sk12 Jul, 2020