One of my favouite movies topics, high school, such a rich subject to plumb for comedy (Romy and Michele's High School Reunion) or romance (Love, Simon), horror (Veronica, Donnie Darko), or social satire (Heathers, Clueless, Donnie Darko) is here used as the setting for a chilling thriller about a substitute teacher (the handsome Laurent Lafitte) who steps in to teach a class of precociously intelligent children after their usual teacher throws himself out of a window, and while it is pretty easy to see where the movie is going long before it gets there and while it doesn't quite nail its point, the movie's overarching themes encompassing so many current world issues makes it rivetting, thoughtful stuff.
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