I originally saw this movie on HBO back in the late eighties about 3:00 AM after a night of drinking. I laughed my rear end off, not because it was funny, but because of how stupid it was. That doesn't mean it is a bad film. It gives you exactly what you would expect from Jim Belushi which is "Jim Belushi"! He doesn't act, he just acts like a tough guy that is really likable. Him as a high school principal is the most ridiculous idea for a plot. It came out during the Reagan years, which is no surprise because that was a time when any lazy person could make a movie. It was also during that "tough love" era, where it takes a good-hearted, aggressively dumb person, to straighten out problems with the education system of poor inner city schools instead of stuffy liberal weasels. Forget the stupid plot, grab some alcohol, sit back and laugh!
Review of The Principal
