Superheroes-to-be receive their schooling in Disney’s latest family film SKY HIGH. Will Stronghold has some mighty big expectations to live up to. The 14-year old boy’s parents are Steve and Josie Stronghold, or as most people know them, “The Commander” and “Jetstream”, the two most powerful superheroes in the world. All of the superheroes children attend Sky High School, a secretive training school in which the children can groom their skills as either a superhero or a superhero sidekick. The pressure on Will is already intense, but his biggest problem is that he hasn’t gained a superpower yet.
SKY HIGH blends two of the most successful genres of the last five years, the superhero movie and the teen movie, provides an imaginative touch and in the process creates a real sleeper hit of the summer. There is a lot of fun to be had in SKY HIGH, as it twists itself as a superhero movie turned teen romantic comedy, or a teen romantic comedy with a superhero slant. Regardless of the angle, a collaboration of writers succeed in creating a multitude of super kids with several unique powers, a screenplay which plays wonderfully as tongue-n-cheek material and dialogue which seems appropriately tame, yet funny for the family sector. The performances are on-the-mark, with Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston doing their best ma and pa Cleaver routines, while protecting mankind against ultra-lethal Robots; and Michael Arigarano finally finds a role to his liking as the underdog Will. SKY HIGH is a pleasant surprise mixing two standard genres into one original, small film.
Grade: B
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