Plot
In 2005, Schmidt and Jenko are high school students, one an honor roll geek, the other a cool, athletic underachiever. By 2012, they are rookie cops, paired together, on bike patrol yearning to make arrests. After a screw up, they're sent undercover back to high school to find the source of a dangerous synthetic drug. They mix up their names, and Schmidt gets the no-brainer classes where he auditions for Peter Pan and falls in love with Wendy; Jenko gets AP classes where he falls in with high-achieving dweebs. This second chance at high school gives Schmidt delusions of grandeur, which threaten the operation. Can they sort out their relationship as they stumble onto the bad guys?
Written by
Michael Bacall, Jonah Hill, Patrick Hasburgh
Directed by
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Sony Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Original Film, Relativity Media, Columbia Pictures
Languages
English
Awards
11 wins & 21 nominations total