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Movie description :
When you're the son of legendary superheroes the Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston), there is only one school for you: Sky High, an elite high school that is entrusted with the responsibility of molding today's power-gifted students into tomorrow's superheroes. The problem is that Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) apparently has no superpowers of his own and, instead of joining the ranks of the Hero class, he finds himself relegated to being a Sidekick. Until, that is, circumstances force latent powers to the surface! When an evil villain threatens his family, friends and the very sanctity of Sky High, Will must use his newfound superpowers to save the day and prove he's a Hero worthy of the family tradition.
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1) SKY HIGH
Silly and sweet, SKY HIGH is a delightfully over-the-top kids' movie that is a good antidote for the typically pretentious super hero picture. Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) is off to his first day of high school -- a challenge for any lad, but especially for Will since his parents are The Commander (Kurt Russell) and Jetstream (Kelly Preston), two of the most famous superheroes on the planet. On the critical first day on campus, Will washes out of power placement since his powers aren't just weak, they are -- as best Will can tell -- non-existent. Those whose powers aren't impressive enough are relegated to "hero support," where these "sidekicks" train under a wimpy Batboy-like character played by Dave Foley.
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2) Sky High
"All I wanted for him was to save the world," laments The Commander (Kurt Russell) -- a brawny, spit-curl-sporting superhero -- about his son, Will (Michael Angarano). In his first few days at superhero academy Sky High, Will has manifested neither his father's super-strength nor the flying ability of his mother (Kelly Preston). "Sky High" would be a lesser movie were it not for the excellent casting, from Russell as the Superman archetype to "Evil Dead 2" star Bruce Campbell as the school's Coach Boomer. Painted in broad strokes with primary colors and life lessons spelled out in BOLD LETTERS, "Sky High" embraces the sort of high-gloss camp that made Adam West's 1960s "Batman" TV show a hit. Mitchell doesn't even try to hide the cheesiness of his special effects, from badly hidden computer animation to the strings on Preston's cape. "Sky High" doesn't aim for the highbrow and doesn't employ lowbrow toilet humor.
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http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/review/movie-review-sky-high/159604/content
3) Sky High
Brains, brawn and beyond'' goes the motto of Sky High. Of those three, guess which ideal dominates this harmless, tween-targeted cape-capade? Perhaps that's inevitable, considering our main character is awkward frosh Will (Michael Angarano), son of the Commander (Kurt Russell), a genial meathead strongman, and his gravity-defying soul mate Jetstream (Kelly Preston). Like all good superfamilies, they send their boy to Sky High, a supposedly competitive hero academy that's a bit too Disneyfied to be Hogwarts-cutthroat. At first, Will exhibits no ''hero'' powers, disappointing his dad, and he takes his place among the second-class ''sidekicks.'' Then he hits superpuberty and gets caught up in a teen caste system inflated to superheroic proportions. The flick is best in its bittier moments (watch for the stellar cameos), and there's nothing to trouble the tots.
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4) Sky High
For anyone who hasn't grasped the connection between the ruthless pecking order of the suburban American high school and the popularity of movies and games in which geeky adolescents dream themselves into becoming superheroes, "Sky High" should help explain the world, or at least the world of entertainment. The movie, directed by Mike Mitchell ("Surviving Christmas") from a screenplay by Paul Hernandez, Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley, is a clever hybrid of Harry Potter (its nerdy 14-year-old hero, Will Stronghold, has magical powers) and "The Incredibles" (Will belongs to a family of superheroes). At these amusing auditions, one student shape-shifts into a guinea pig, another multiplies into a cheerleading squad, another melts into a squishy puddle of ick, and one wisp of a boy wows the student body by becoming a two-ton iron man. Because Will's parents (both Sky High graduates) are world-class superheroes passing as real estate agents, great things are expected of their son. His father, Steve, a k a the Commander (Kurt Russell, playing it exactly right, with a slightly raised eyebrow and a faint smirk), is shown in an early scene donning Superman-like garb and saving a city from a giant robot. Will's mother, the Florence Henderson-like Josie, a k a Jetstream (Kelly Preston), has comparable gifts. But Will, who has fooled his father into thinking he has a son who has achieved superpowers, fails his orientation and is herded into the sorry ranks of the sidekicks.
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http://movies.nytimes.com/2005/07/29/movies/29high.html
5) 'Sky High' brings superheroes down to earth
Sky High gets Kurt Russell back to his retro Disney roots, and he's still in good enough shape at age 54 to wear a supernatural hunk's cape. It's complete with an antiseptic teen lead (Michael Angarano) who won't be graduating to Eugene O'Neill very soon. The real estate gig is a cover for married superheroes (Russell and Kelly Preston) who have long flown around, nipping havoc in the bud. For a movie about a high school that is grooming superheroes to deliver, it had better offer some fun around the edges. Sky wears down resistance with Cloris Leachman's one-scene comic gem as the school nurse and Wonder Woman Lynda Carter herself as the school principal. And it's clever to take the standard "cool" and "nerd" high school subcultures and transform them into "heroes" and their "sidekicks." The plot turns on Angarano high-hatting sidekick buddies and falling for the wrong girl (every high school movie has its constants) after belatedly developing superhero powers.
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6) If you like silly comedy, set your sights 'Sky High'
Imagine the X-Men School for Gifted Children by way of Hogwarts filtered through the post-John Hughes generation of high school comedies. "Sky High" caters to the nascent superpowered offspring filling the suburbs of comic-book cities, only the usual strata of adolescent social cliques is secondary to the division of heroes and sidekicks, or "hero support," as the socially sensitive administration calls it. It's up to the adults to enliven the juvenile humor, from the campy bluster of Russell and Bruce Campbell (as the bullying coach) to the deadpan asides of teachers Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald.
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Other Features of the DVD :
Alternate Opening
Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Bowling For Soup Music Video: "I Melt With You."
Breaking Down The Walls: The Stunts Of Sky High
Interactive Menus
Scene Selection
Subtitles: English, French
Super-Bloopers
Welcome To Sky High -- Behind The Scenes Of Making The Movie With Cast And Crew
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