Stewart used to torment Teddy until Teddy publicly embarrassed him.

The principal is his old nemesis Stewart ('SNL' cast member Taran Killam). Teddy takes GED classes at the same high school he dropped out of decades earlier. This isn't a 'Saturday Night Live' movie, but it has that 'SNL' problem of wanting to be heartwarming and raucous at the same time, and not always succeeding at either ambition. If he can finally earn that diploma he gave up when he quit high school, he'll conquer the demons of his past. There's a much simpler and more relatable story underneath all that: Teddy was a weak student who was called dumb all his life. Hart's character Teddy Walker wants a GED so he can get a job as a salesman at a firm run by an old friend, in order to replace the job he lost at a barbecue grill store after he accidentally destroyed it this is all in service of maintaining Teddy's spendthrift lifestyle, which is calculated to make his girlfriend Lisa ( Megalyn Echikunwoke) think he's rolling in money even though he's perpetually one paycheck away from the poorhouse. 'Night School' is a feature that has enough plot to fill a short film-except for the setup, which is needlessly elaborate. (The credits list six screenwriters, including Lee and Hart.) Lee, his cast, and Lee's go-to editor Paul Millspaugh usually manage to find at least one laugh and two smaller ones even in scenes that feel slapped-together. I have no idea how it'll play on a small screen, but on a big screen with an audience, it's a kick.

All you really need to know about this movie is that it stars Hart, who's developed into modern American cinema's go-to Everyman clown that Haddish is underused but still hilarious that the supporting cast is filled with memorable eccentrics (including Keith David and Donna Biscoe as the hero's parents), and that it's directed by Malcolm Lee ('The Best Man' series, ' Girls Trip'), a maestro of shenanigans.

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