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Night School
Comedy
The story follows a group of adults who set out to earn their GEDs (The General Educational Development (GED) tests are a group of four subject tests which, when passed, provide certification that the test taker has United States or Canadian high school-level academic skills. It is an alternative to the US High school diploma, HiSET and TASC test.).
Directed by: Malcolm D. Lee
Starring: Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Romany Malco
Produced by: Kevin Hart, Will Packer
Written by: Kevin Hart, Harry Ratchford, Joey Wells, Matt Kellard, Nicholas Stoller, John Hamburg
Music by: David Newman
Cinematography: Greg Gardiner
Edited by: Paul Millspaugh
Production company: HartBeat Productions, Will Packer Productions
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release date: September 28, 2018 (United States)
Running time: 111 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Cast
Kevin Hart as Teddy Walker, Denise's brother, Gerald and Gladys's son, who worked as the mascot of Christian Chicken and has concentration issues. Back in high school, he was a school bully and an arrogant popular jerk.
Tiffany Haddish as Carrie, Teddy's unorthodox teacher.
Taran Killam as Stewart, the school's strict principal, who was the school nerd that Teddy bullied when he was there.
Ben Schwartz as Marvin, Teddy's best friend and an investment adviser who wants to give his pal a job but can't until Teddy passes his GED.
Rob Riggle as Mackenzie, a dimwitted but friendly man who is one of Teddy's classmates.
Megalyn Echikunwoke as Lisa King, Teddy's fiancée, who doesn't know at first that Teddy is enrolled in the night school.
Romany Malco as Jaylen, one of Teddy's classmates.
Al Madrigal as Luis, a waiter who is fired due to his reaction to Teddy's false claim, and ends up as one of his classmates. He also appears to mispronounce "j" sounds as "y" sounds.
Anne Winters as Mila, a deadpan hipster from a wealthy family, whose parents force her to get her GED at the night-school class.
Fat Joe as Bobby, an inmate and one of Teddy's classmates via the internet.
Mary Lynn Rajskub as Theresa, who is a hardworking mom with several kids; she got pregnant in high school and is now trying to earn her GED.
Keith David as Gerald Walker, Denise and Teddy's father and Gladys's husband.
Owen Harn as Randy, Theresa's husband.
Yvonne Orji as Maya, Lisa's friend.
Bresha Webb as Denise Walker, Teddy's sister and Gerald and Gladys's daughter.
Jeff Rose as Isaac, Teddy's boss at Christian Chicken.
Donna Biscoe as Gladys Walker, Denise and Teddy's mother and Gerald's wife.