Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (movie)
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (also known as simply just Middle School) is a 2016 American live-action/animated family comedy film based on the book of the same name by James Patterson. It was directed by Steve Carr and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer and Kara Holden. It stars Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle, Isabela Moner, Retta, Thomas Barbusca, Andy Daly, and Adam Pally.
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| Directed by | Steve Carr |
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| Based on | Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson Chris Tebbetts |
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| Music by | Jeff Cardoni |
| Cinematography | Julio Macat |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $23 million[1] |
Plot
The film follows a middle school student named Rafael "Rafe" Khatchadorian who tries to break every one of the school rules made by his strict principal.
Cast
- Griffin Gluck as Rafael "Rafe" Khatchadorian, a rule-breaking but well-meaning middle schooler and aspiring cartoonist who attends Hills Village Middle School.
- Lauren Graham as Julie "Jules" Khatchadorian, Rafe's mother.
- Rob Riggle as Carl "Bear", Jules' immature and child-hating boyfriend/fiancé who tries to send Rafe to military school, but ends up getting dumped by Jules when she sees his true self as a "self-centered jerk".
- Thomas Barbusca as Leonardo "Leo" Khatchadorian, Rafe's imaginary best friend and late real younger brother who died from cancer.
- Andy Daly as Principal Kenneth "Ken" Dwight, the strict and exceedingly vain principal of Hills Village Middle School who is obsessed with the B.L.A.A.R. Testing and becomes Rafe's main goal of revenge.
- Adam Pally as Mr. Robert Teller, Rafe's friendly and fun-loving English teacher who dislikes Dwight and Stricker's antics.
- Retta as Ida Stricker, the stern vice-principal of Hills Village Middle School and Principal Dwight's accomplice.
- Jacob Hopkins as Miller "the Killer", a bully who targets Rafe, but later joins his plan to battle Dwight.[2]
- Alexa Nisenson as Georgia Khatchadorian, Rafe's smart younger sister.
- Isabela Moner as Jeanne Galletta, the intelligent president of the AV club, who helps Rafe with his plan.
- Efren Ramirez as Gus, the disgruntled janitor who later joins Rafe's plan to get revenge on Dwight.
- Isabella Amara as Heidi
- James A. Patterson as James, a restaurant manager at an Italian restaurant where Bear proposes to Jules on her birthday.
- Gemma Forbes as Dana, a waitress at Dave and Buster's.
- Jessi Goei as Bella, a phone addictive girl who joins Rafe's plan to get revenge on Dwight.
- Luke Hardeman as Shon, one of Teller’s students who joins Rafe's plans of revenge.
- Angela Oh as Superintendent Danielle Hwang, the superintendent of the school district that Hills Village Middle School is in.
Animation voices provided by Jeremy Culhane, Stephen Kearin, Tom Kenny, Mike Matzdorf, Michael Rapaport, and Jacob Vargas.
Sequel
On October 3, 2016, Patterson announced that he is developing a sequel to the film.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ↑ Kroll, Justin (November 17, 2015). "'The Goldbergs' Actor Jacob Hopkins Joins 'Middle School' Cast". Variety (Penske Media Corporation). https://variety.com/2015/film/news/middle-school-the-goldbergs-jacob-hopkins-1201642956/. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
- ↑ Boedeker, Hal (October 3, 2017). "James Patterson's goal for movie: Get kids reading". Orlando Sentinel (Tronc). http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/movies/os-tvguy-james-patterson-20160929-column.html. Retrieved January 7, 2017.