So obviously I was really looking forward to this having heard so much, seen the awards buzz, and because Kieron Culkin. I watched it straight on the back of A Complete Unknown which was probably a mistake. I think I expected too much — a brave, funny, edgy film with these two characterful actors being cousins.
And the film wasn’t bad as such. It just wasn’t amazing. Culkin rang every ounce out of the script and character — much of…
Ok this film need never have existed. What a creepy thing to put in the world. Felt very straight to TV which ofc it actually was.
Conned into buying a ‘retail bundle’ at Clapham Picturehouse for this Kia Preview screening, I felt a bit ripped off before the film began. But as soon as the authentic 1971 certificate AA screen came on, I was in. This is a low-key high school story that slots — tonally — somewhere between The Station Agent and Dead Poets Society.
Four boys are left behind for the Christmas holidays at Barton boys boarding school in Mass. Their designated teacher is Paul…
