My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

PG-13

Released Apr 14, 2017

1 hr. 12 min.

Adventure

Comedy

Animation

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73 Reviews

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High school sophomores Dash and Assaf are best friends and the only writers for the school newspaper. When the editor starts giving Assaf solo assignments, Dash is jealous and reports a false story about Assaf having erectile dysfunction. Later, when Dash is doing research, he learns that the school is not up to code and tries to warn the students, but nobody believes him. Then, an earthquake hits, and the school sinks into the Pacific Ocean with all of the kids trapped inside.

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Critics Consensus

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea's attention-getting visual style matches debuting writer-director Dash Shaw's distinctive narrative approach -- and signals a bright future for a promising talent.

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Audience Member

Love this film! Such a wild, gorgeous, hilarious animated comedy

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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spencer p

Elevating it's animatic style to psychedelic highs, as well as randomly gross lows, MEHSSITS is unique in every sense of the word, in addition to its self explanatory, pulse-pounding premise.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

This movie was beautiful, but it didn't really have much to give in the realm of plot and characters. It was every basic high-school story, giving no surprises besides perhaps a bit of the violence. It was well done but could have been more inventive, and it completely slipped away from my mind almost instantly after watching it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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chris n

Truly a comic book in motion picture form, whether it makes for good entertainment will depend on the beholder.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

If this film were to be told in any other way than the animation style of which it was presented, it would be extremely cheesy. But with its visuals being just as strange as the story, it creates a unique and enjoyable atmosphere I havent found in any other film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Disappointing! waste of time as this animated movie amounted to nothing

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Dash Shaw

Director

Jason Schwartzman

Dash

Lena Dunham

Mary

Reggie Watts

Assaf

Maya Rudolph

Verti

Susan Sarandon

Lunch Lady Lorraine

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

The animation set pieces scattered throughout the movie are frequently inspired, pulling in all manner of media and materials, and the backgrounds can be dazzling.

May 4, 2017

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Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

It's crazy and ridiculous at times. But I can't help agreeing with Assaf, who observes, of his companions' rescue plans, "I like it. It has the logic of a dream."

Rated: 3/4

May 4, 2017

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Shaw's animation is a loopy, inventive mish-mosh of elements: thick pen outlines, fine etching work, washes of finger-painted color, and the occasional outbreak of full-on psychedelia.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 4, 2017

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

This may indeed be a visually forward-thinking work, but I simply can’t tell, so I’ll steal the movie’s own dialogue for a summation: “It’s a mixed to negative review, but they say it’s ‘dazzling?'”

Jan 12, 2023

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

It's not like anything that passes as animation these days, and that's perfect. High time some fresh air blew open those doors.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 21, 2021

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

I feel that John Hughes would approve.

May 6, 2020

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Synopsis

High school sophomores Dash and Assaf are best friends and the only writers for the school newspaper. When the editor starts giving Assaf solo assignments, Dash is jealous and reports a false story about Assaf having erectile dysfunction. Later, when Dash is doing research, he learns that the school is not up to code and tries to warn the students, but nobody believes him. Then, an earthquake hits, and the school sinks into the Pacific Ocean with all of the kids trapped inside.

Director: Dash Shaw
Executive Producer: Joshua Blum, Tyler Davidson, Kevin Flanigan, Matthew Johnson
Screenwriter: Dash Shaw
Distributor: GKIDS
Production Co: Electric Chinoland, Washington Square Films
Rating: PG-13 (Some Images of Peril|Sexual References|Drug Material)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 14, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 23, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $57.3K

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