Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

Name: Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
Genre: Family, Comedy, Animation
Released: 2003-12-09
Duration: 62 min
Rating: 6.6

★ 6,6 /10 (96 Votes)

2003 EN 62 min

Overview

Everyone's favorite fourth graders have graduated! It's an all-new school year for the kids — and the gang hits the fifth grade running! But they're stopped in their tracks when they discover some unwelcome changes — no pizza, no playground... no lockers! And to make things worse, their teacher turns out to be the cantankerous Miss Finster! It's all too much for T.J., who is determined to find a way to stand up for what the gang believes in and improve the school they love! The fifth grade brings out the best in everyone... even Miss Finster and Principal Prickly!

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Release date

09/12/2003

Votes

Popularity

2.3

Wow ... fifth grade! But what good is practically being a grown-up when the teacher's a big sourpuss?

Genres

Family Comedy Animation

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

62 min

Rickey D'Shon Collins

Vince (voice)

Jason Davis

Mikey Blumberg (voice)

Myles Jeffrey

T.J. Detweiler (voice)

Ashley Johnson

Gretchen (voice)

Courtland Mead

Gus (voice)

Pamela Adlon

Spinelli (voice)

Allyce Beasley

Miss Grotke (voice)

April Winchell

Miss Finster / Mrs. Detweiler (voice)

Dabney Coleman

Principal Prickly (voice)

Gregg Berger

BoE Agent #4 (voice)

Mayim Bialik

Kurst the Worst (voice)

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Klee Bragger

Digger Sam (voice)

Clancy Brown

BoE Agent #1 (voice)

Corey Burton

Newscaster (voice)

Dan Castellaneta

BoE Agent #2 (voice)

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Lane Toran

King Bob (voice)

Danny Cooksey

Greg Skeens (voice)

Rachel Crane

Ashley Q (voice)

Aria Noelle Curzon

Cornchip Girl (voice)

E. G. Daily

Cap'n Sticky (voice)

Blake McIver Ewing

Menlo (voice)

Tom Kenny

BoE Agent #3 (voice)

Charles Kimbrough

Mort Chalk (voice)

Tress MacNeille

Lunchlady Irma / BoE Agent #2 / Intercom Voice (voice)

Anndi McAfee

Ashley A (voice)

Sam McMurray

Bob Spinelli (voice)

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Ryan O'Donohue

Digger Dave / Randall Weems (voice)

Katey Sagal

Flo Spinelli (voice)

Justin Shenkarow

Gelman (voice)

Michael Shulman

King Freddy II / Hustler Kid (voice)

Francesca Marie Smith

Ashley B / Upside-Down Girl / Swinger Girl (voice)

Kath Soucie

Hector (voice)

Tara Strong

Becky Detweiller (voice)

Robert Vaughn

Mr. White (voice)

Erik von Detten

Erwin Lawson (voice)

Jonathan David Cook

Additional Voices (voice)

Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

Additional Voices (voice)

Miles Marsico

Additional Voices (voice)

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Jonathan Osser

Additional Voices (voice)

Patrick Renna

Additional Voices (voice)

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Aaron Spann

Additional Voices (voice)

Warren Sroka

Additional Voices (voice)

Frank Welker

Additional Voices (voice)

Paul Willson

Mr. Detweiller (voice)

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Thankfully better than 'Recess: All Growed Down', but 'Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade' is still a bit of a chore to watch. This again features a couple of different stories, though to be fair their integration into the film is much improved if still a bit messy. The cast are as they've always been, solid but not exactly memorable. Animation-wise it's decent. This is more on the level of 'Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street', yet still miles off 'Recess: School’s Out'. I simply don't understand why they didn't create three unique stories for these…

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