Rotten
Basically Brick for remedial viewers.
Justin Chang, Variety
Assassination of a High School President
Politics, popularity, paranoia, pharmaceuticals. Are you in?
2008 · 1h 33m · R
Comedy, Crime
Directed by
Brett Simon
Overview
After the theft of copies of SAT exams from a principal's office, teenage reporter Bobby Funke sets out to unmask the thief. Bobby prints an article fingering Class President Paul Moore as the thief, shredding the youth's reputation. But as Bobby gets to know Paul's girlfriend, Francesca, he comes to realize he was wrong about Paul, so he sets out to unmask the true culprit.
Director and cast
- Brett Simon Director
- Mischa Barton as Francesca Fachini
- Reece Thompson as Bobby Funke
- Bruce Willis as Principal Kirkpatrick
- Michael Rapaport as Coach Z
- Kathryn Morris as Nurse Platt
- Melonie Díaz as Clara
- Emily Brownell as Ms. Smart
- Gabrielle Brennan as Chrissy Moore
- Zach Roerig as Matt Mullen
- Tanya Fischer as Sam Landis
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Doesn't find enough novel insights to make for essential viewing.
Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
The noir pastiche is sitcom-ish, the characters vestigial, and the satire of high school so compromised I wondered if cowriters Tim Calpin and Kevin Jakubowski weren't home-schooled
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader
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