If you loved Dr. Dolittle 2, try Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life has roughly 3.8× fewer votes than Dr. Dolittle 2 — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Steve Carr, and they both carry the cozy, playful mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Family territory. If that's the register that drew you to Dr. Dolittle 2, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life is

Noisy notebooks are a middle-schooler’s first siege engine. A daydreaming artist and his partner-in-crime decide the school manual deserves the full punk treatment. They should have bought bigger erasers.

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