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Sky High
Sky High is a schizophrenic cross between The Incredibles and X-Men, aimed at kids. After a terrific opening, it slides into mediocrity long before the final reel and averages out as merely reasonable. What a shame.
Sky High is a brave attempt at a crossover between high school and proper comedy, but the bean-counters won over in the end and spoiled what should have been a straight 5/5 movie. When will they learn? I enjoyed this film: I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: To enjoy this film you should be: asleep during the second half.
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Sky High ... It's a Disney picture so that should help with the initial analysis. However, although the film is funny and does have a few novality moments; for example (Lynda Carter as Principle Power saying "Who do you think I am? Wonder Woman?"), secret caves and bat-poles and character names out of Tolstoy coupled with real people playing 'The Incredibles'. The film has Disney written all over it as it has comedy action and drama in pretty much even amounts.
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Sky High had teen crap written all over it, so I was blown away by how sharp and funny the first half was.
Fantastic supporting performances from Kevin Heffernan (Super Troopers, 
Michael Angarano plays young Will Stronghold and rarely disappoints, though there's nothing particularly memorable about his
performance. Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston are pretty good as young Will's superhero parents, but the real quality is
in the small adult parts - there's real star quality in there, if you look past the actual stars. Amongst the kids,
no-one is a stand-out success, with the notable exception of relative newcomer Nicholas Braun (the glowing kid) who
adds a very promising zing to an otherwise shallow character - and ex-Wonder Woman Lynda Carter is an inspired piece of
casting for the school principal. It's such a disappointment that the fabulous first half had to be abandoned to make
way for the corporately correct nonsense that follows. However, if you like high school tosh then this is probably the
perfect movie for you. The half-term brigade should love it.
