Hiding Out

"There's only one thing more frightening than murder.. High School"

1987 1h 38m EN

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5.8

MID

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38%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

⭐

6.3

IMDB

★5.8TMDB · 50🥫38%Rotten Tomatoes●47Metacritic★6.3IMDB · 4,726

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Synopsis

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A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.

“There's only one thing more frightening than murder.. High School”

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Cast

Jon Cryer
Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
Keith Coogan
Patrick Morenski
Annabeth Gish
Ryan Campbell
Tim Quill
Kevin O'Roarke
Oliver Cotton
Hit-Man
John Spencer
Bakey
Gretchen Cryer
Lucy Morenski
Anne Pitoniak
Grandma Jennie Morenski

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bob Giraldi
Writers: Jeff Rothberg, Joe Menosky
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bob Giraldi, shot by Daniel Pearl. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anne Dudley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Edward Warschilka shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Jon Cryer and Keith Coogan and Annabeth Gish carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There's only one thing more frightening than murder.. High School".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0093186 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Bob Giraldi directs. Daniel Pearl behind the camera. Anne Dudley scores. Edward Warschilka cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Bob Giraldi, shot by Daniel Pearl. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Anne Dudley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Edward Warschilka shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jon Cryer and Keith Coogan and Annabeth Gish carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "There's only one thing more frightening than murder.. High School".
8IMDB entry: tt0093186 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 50 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Daniel Pearl
Original score: Anne Dudley
Editing: Edward Warschilka
Production design: Dan Leigh
Costume design: Susan Gammie
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Hiding Out (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes: 38% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 47/100
IMDB rating: 6.3/10 · 4,726 votes
MPAA: PG-13
US box office: $7,019,441

Awards

1 win total

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John Chard2019-01-05
★ 7/10
The only thing more frightening than murder....High School! Andrew Morenski is successful stock broker who is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some rather dubious dealings. When one of his co-workers, who is also due to give evidence, is murdered, Andrew is called to be guarded by the police. But all thoughts of safety are blown away when an attempt on Andrew's life quickly follows. On the run, Andrew finds a safety haven in the form of his cousin's High School. Posing as a student, Andrew finds that High School has a whole different type of peril waiting to engulf him....again. Released just a year after Jon Cryer had become popular due to his turn as Duckie in John Hughes' Pretty In Pink-Hiding Out finds Cryer attempting to be leading man potential. That he isn't, is of no major harm to this charming and overlooked picture in the American teen comedy genre. When we first meet Cryer's Andrew Morenski, he's a successful business man with a beard you could lose a badger in. But we know it's a youthful Jon Cryer (he was 21 at the time of making the film but looking every inch like a teenager), so it's kind of a murky start from which to hopefully entice the viewer fully into the premise. Yet it all quickly turns around as Morenski hits High School. Hair dyed two colours and dressed like some rockabilly rebel, this is where Cryer steps into his element. From here on in, save for the inevitable gun buffoonery show down at the end, the film is a delightful comedy about the perils of school. Love, rivals, school politics and witch like teachers all come in for a shiny going over in Bob Giraldi's film. Some of it's twee, and some of it is even morally questionable, but it wears its comedy and romantic heart on its sleeves. Hell the film even has something to say about the truth and how it's taught in schools (look out for a great sequence as Andrew/Max calls into question the teachers teaching of President Nixon). So it's not all fluff for sure. But it's the fluff that drives the film to its conclusion, and if that fluff chiefly is decent enough to have met the viewers expectations? For me it most certainly did, I only asked one thing from this film, and that was for it to give me some chuckles and to leave me smiling come the end. It did both, so maybe, just maybe, you missed this in the late 80s and are now stuck for some 80s veneer comedy with a zippy 80s soundtrack. If so? This might just be the ticket for you. 7/10

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