Night School (2018)

Night School (2018)

6/10

Starring

Kevin Hart

Tiffany Haddish

Directed by Malcom Lee

Night School is a cool movie. I’m not usually a fan of Kevin Hart’s style of comedy, but this drama setup was fun to watch. Seeing him play a struggling man trying to get his life together to keep it on track was just epic.

What I enjoyed most is how the movie didn’t go the way you’d expect when the characters were introduced. It had some over-the-top characters, but they all fit well with the narrative the movie was trying to deliver.

The plot follows a man named Teddy Walker (Kevin Hart). Teddy drops out of school after realizing he struggles to concentrate during tests. He decides to take his life into his own hands and make it without a GED.

Years later, he becomes a successful salesman at a barbecue grill store. He’s also in a relationship with a wealthy woman named Lisa. To keep up with her lifestyle, he develops schemes to maintain his status. Teddy was living way above his means, but he was in love and wanted to marry Lisa.

After a proposal gone wrong turns his office into a fire hazard, Teddy loses his job. His boss bails on the company, and now Teddy has to find another job while lying to Lisa that everything is fine.

His best friend, Marvin, offers him a job at his company—but only if Teddy can get a GED. Teddy, believing he can charm his way into anything, tries to front the job title. He convinces himself he can get his old school to give him a certificate without doing the work.

When he shows up at the school, he discovers that someone he once bullied—who now hates him—is the new principal. That’s not the only obstacle; the night school teacher (Tiffany Haddish) also isn’t falling for any of Teddy’s charms.

Now faced with the reality of actually doing the work, Teddy still tries to find shortcuts to getting his GED.

The movie never goes the way you’d expect, which makes it cool and entertaining. Directed by Malcolm Lee (Spike Lee’s brother), whose last film with Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip (2017), was also great, this one is worth checking out.

The movie is cool, the characters are fun, and it’s a great watch if you take the time to see it. And if you are like me, who don’t find Kevin Hart funny, this will take you a second to get into it.