Sky High
I saw Sky High last week with my buddy Dean and his wife Chrisanne. My verdict? A surprisingly enjoyable bit of fluff. No, it’s not a classic for the ages, but it’s a decent way to spend an evening—and that’s really all I’m looking for in a film. It had some good clean laughs (if unbelievable: high schoolers don’t take over houses to throw parties with soda), and had some good humour for adults tossed in, as well as the great B-list talents of Bruce Campbell (Army of Darkness, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.).
The stars are a bit too young for me to identify with, but they did a good job. The male lead, Michael Angarano, did his job—although as I noted it’s really hard to sympathise with someone playing high school frosh. Danielle Panabaker (playing the cute girl-next-door the hero somehow never notices, a common plot element which I’ve never been able to believe) is one to keep an eye out for in the future; in a few years she should be quite attractive and provided she makes some good career decisions should do well for herself.
The co-stars were great. Alongside the aforementioned Campbell (as the high school coach) were Kurt Russell as the gruff and loving dad and Kelly Preston as the mom. When, pray tell, did Kelly Preston get old enough to believably play the mother of a high schooler? Did I miss the memo?
All in all, lots of fun and worth seeing.
