Disney is in nice form with the brisk and affable 'tween comedy "Sky High," a spoofy, goofy superhero fantasy about a boy whose parents, the most famous superheroes in the world, expect their son to follow in their mighty cape billows. Bummer then that the son, 14-year-old Will Stronghold (a winning Michael Angarano), has no evident superpowers, leaving him just a nerdy kid entering Sky High, a high school for budding superheroes located on a massive floating platform way up in the clouds. You can see the knot of helpless confusion on Will's face as he is tormented by adolescence's twin terrors: parental pressure and teen angst. Read the full review
At a school for budding superheroes, Will, the son of Commander Stronghold and Jetstream, must balance being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being — and still find time to save everyone from an evil villain.
Director: Mike Mitchell
Starring: Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Lynda Carter, Danielle Panabaker
Run time: 102 minutes
Release date: July 22, 2005
Rating: PG for action violence and some mild language.
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Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"Everything is here, from gags to battering special-effects action, in just the right amounts."
