College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus.College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus.College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus.
- Awards
- 1 win
- Danny
- (as Chris Marquette)
- Girl In Danny's Class
- (as Emily Boisseau)
- Sarah
- (as Jessica Conlon)
- Airport Valet
- (as William Decoff)
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- TriviaFred Durst's directorial debut. He was the lead singer for the popular Nu metal band "Limp Bizkit." He also directed many of their music videos.
- GoofsAfter Charlie finds out that Mick beat up Leo, he goes to search for Mary. When she doesn't answer her dorm room door, we see him run into a white building. The camera dollies in towards the entrance and at the bottom of the frame you can clearly see the dolly track laid out.
- Quotes
Charlie: You take something apart and you see all its threads and you see that all of these threads have different meanings and you kind of examine how these meanings are imposed upon these threads. You kind of reveal the contradictions and inconsistencies and you see that there's no one truth expressed by that thing. You see that there's no absolute truth.
The other way you can look at this film is as a Fred Durst production. Considering he was the director, you're ready to give it more credit than it would be worth straight out of the bat. It is quite impressive on his part that he was able to put this together (if such was the case), even if marks of a certain lack of experience are visible throughout. First we have the screenplay - some of what the characters are saying is repetitive and at times nonsensical. The dialogue could have been more elaborate - that would certainly have upped the quality and believability quotient - not that the film strays too far from reality - in fact it tends to steer back on track and find it's way safely to the end, yet scenes such as the one when Jason Ritter is in the bar by himself with only a few "workers" around him and the things the barman spouts there. These exhibitions of class demarcation and the like are ultimately unreal. There is also an ongoing attack at "rich people" in general, when the case being considered is that of the spoiled offspring of some rich people - not all "rich people" are worthy of scorn. Second there is the unnecessary use of swear words. At a certain point in the film these just become tiring. Not that films should forcefully not contain these, the simple fact is a film reads differently than, say, a rap album with explicit content.
However you look at it, notwithstanding, the film still pulls through successfully. Considering the kind of garbage being thrown our way these days, The Education Of Charlie Banks stands. The title is fitting; indeed, even if we may think otherwise, Charlie is the one who ends up learning from things. He in a way corrects his ways and makes the right choice. He shows humanity, he tries to be cooperative as opposed to being oppressive. Here the film triumphs, in that it reveals a positive message.
Kudos to otherwise career-dead Durst for carrying this one through; let's hope he learns from his mistakes and rises to make better things? One can't help but think this could have been so immensely better with a different director, yet it is still surprising that it was carried under his wing.
6.5(7)/10
- tha_mongoose
- May 2, 2009
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,078
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,538
- Mar 29, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $15,078
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1