Three o'Clock High

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Three o'Clock High ★★½ 1987 (PG)

A nerdy high school journalist is assigned a profile of the new kid in school, who turns out to be the biggest bully, too. He approaches his task with great unease. Silly teenage farce is given soupedup direction by Spielberg protege Joanou. Features decent work by the young cast. 97m/C VHS, DVD . Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Stacey Glick, Jonathan Wise, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, John P. Ryan; D: Phil Joanou; W: Richard Christian Matheson, Thomas Szollosi; M: Tangerine Dream.

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