Going to high school for the first time is always scary... Especially the second time around.
Plot Summary
A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
Run Time
USA:97 min
Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Rating Details
Rated R for sexual content, language and some drug material.
Genre
Comedy
Language
English
Keyword
School, High School, Prequel, High School Student, Based On Cult TV Series
Movie Rating
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Colour
Color
Keyword
High School, Drug Addict, Student
Film Type
Feature
Film Class
Parody/Spoof, Absurd Comedy
Themes
Fish Out of Water, Teachers and Students, Starting Over, High School Life
Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris), a 46-year-old former high school dropout and self-described "junkie whore", is released from prison and returns to her childhood home. She discovers her mother has died, her father, Guy (Dan Hedaya), has remarried to the hateful Sara Blank (Deborah Rush), and she has an arrogant half-brother Derrick (Joseph Cross). To make matters worse, her father is in a "stress-induced coma". Taking the suggestion of the family doctor (Ian Holm) literally, Jerri decides to pick her life back up where she left it, beginning her high school all over again as a freshman at Flatpoint High.
Jerri joins Chuck Noblet's (Stephen Colbert) science fair team, the Fig Neutrons, along with her new friends, Megawatti Sucarnaputri (Carlo Alban) (a spoof on Megawati Sukarnoputri) and Tammi Littlenut (Maria Thayer). Noblet is not pleased to learn that Principal Onyx Blackman (Greg Hollimon) has hired a ringer for their team, Roger Beekman (Matthew Broderick), to ensure that Flatpoint wins, and so Noblet creates a second team. As she struggles to fit in and make her teammates proud, Jerri discovers that though the faces may have changed, the hassles of high school are just the same.
Wikipedia Text
Strangers with Candy is a 2005 comedy film released by THINKFilm, first screened at the Sundance Film Festival. It serves as a prequel to the TV series of the same name. Among the executive producers was David Letterman.
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