AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Roman Sampson One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

ledamss I grew up watching "les années collège/ lycée" (Degrassi Junior High/High in French). Must have been aired for the first time in 88 or so, and I was in junior high myself at the time. I was already a TV freak, but I really got hooked by this show : sometimes heavy, sometimes light, dumb, harsh, cute, cruel, cunning, corny, vicious, talkative, stinky, laughing, moaning, crying, smart, boring, entertaining, wise, so-so, great... You get the idea : all and its contrary. Just like life. Big hit on TV. We would often talk about the episodes among ourselves the next day, and a few times with the teachers : there are times and things you just don't/can't discuss with your parents when you're in junior hi without feeling super dumb, shameful, sinner (continue the list) because you brought the subject. See what I mean ? My years were not as bad as these kids' in comparison. There was drama aplenty : I think maybe, what, 10 episodes overall ? say 5, do have happy endings.?. Kids in there, they got heavy blows. Ils prenaient cher! A bit of a Zola or Hector Malot's "Remy without family" trend. Somewhat refreshing, more relating to real life experiences : you get hit, recover and move on until the next. Teenagehood is drama, is an ordeal, is a sheat you have to live through and learn to cherish.I just learned here tonight that the show was Canadian which explains why the drama hooks you up. Americains would have put happy endings all over the place (in everything they do for the screen they need a useless happy ending, I just hate it) ; though I must admit that recent creations (nip/tuck, for example) finally got rid of the Disney coating, yes. Like a snake changing skin. An excellent social series, in phase with its time, with kids actually being kids, being black, yellow, red, cathos, Jewish, goths, hippies, slim, fat, with zits, braces and geek looking glasses, not rich... All what we've been through. Not cleaned 20 yrs old to play 13 yrs old ones. To my knowledge, sadly, there hasn't been any reruns back here, too bad. I'll have to get it on DVD, to show it to my daughter when she'll start wondering about the very same issues that were treated in Degrassi (she's only 3 now, but kids grow up faster than you'd think !). It definitely beats the sheat out of its descendants : 90210, Dawson, and, ow, I forgot the title, you know, that horrible good thinking and well mannered Wasp family the Dad is a preacher with 6 or 7 kids ?.. Yes, that one. I hate the general ambient of the series, wanna pop a cap in the TV ! I definitely recommend Degrassi Junior and High, as a must have in home video collection. Make a useful gift to a troubled pre and/or early teenager you know...

x-beat-of-my-heart-x I was born the year this show came out in Canada, so I "grew-up" with Degrassi: The Next Generation rather than the classic one. And although I love TNG, I find myself loving Degrassi Junior High ten times more.I can't really put my finger on why I like it so much better, but I think it may have to do with the fact the actors and actresses in the show look like kids. They aren't gorgeous, rich kids running around complaining they broke a nail, or found a zit. They face real issues, that are very believable. It's a raw, and rarely shown, look into real kids in a real school, not what Hollywood thinks is real.The thing I find with TNG is, they all appear to be gorgeous and insanely good-looking, and not everyone looks the way they do in junior or high school.So, if you are fan of the next generation, maybe you should take a chance on the series where it all began.And while I still love TNG, and live in the States, Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High and School's Out! will always be my favorite.

Jeremy Man Israel's TV station Channel 2 was looking for youth viewers in the mid 90's. So they brought several series similar to Degrassi.My friends and I watched Degrassi JR high and Degrassi High and since we were the same age as these kids, we related to what they were going threw. Although they showed these seasons almost a decade after it first aired (and started showing here when it was already cancelled in the states), we still understood the charachters and enjoyed the show.Joey Jeremiah was my favriote charachter and gave me a good laugh too!

studhead182 I remember when I was in 7th grade my teacher would make us watch the show. When I saw the first episode I thought it was horrible! But then I kept seeing more and more episodes and started likeing the dang show. I saw so many episodes me and my friends knew the theme song. We always hated the show but then we kept watching it. It's better then doing class work. And when my teacher was going to put a stupid movie on we would beg to watch Degrassi Jr. High. That tv show warped my fragile little mind. I remember I've seen so many episodes. I watched the episode where that girl with the weird spiked hair gets pregnant. I saw the episode where Katelin gets a seisure. There were also other episodes like when Wheel's parents die and he runs away to meet his real father and Snake finds out his brother is gay and Joey wanting sex I think from Pam. There was also another episode with some balimic b*tch. And Katelin defending animal rights. It was just one of a kind shows. Every one shoulden't watch it unless your teacher tortures you by watching it. It's evil!