When I watched this film, I got the feeling I have seen this type of movie before. The more the plot unfolded, students having to stay at a private school through the holidays, with a terse professor who seems above it all, the more it felt like it had been done before.
So I started searching my library of films looking for this. It turned out what I found were versions of this type of story that were done more effectively than this one. I am not sure why but this version seems a little flat compared to other films which portrayed this type of story. The emotion in this one seems a little trite too.
The recent reveal that the script was plagiarized from another move thus did not surprise me. The cast in this one bring it off pretty well. Trouble is they could not take a story that has been done in other forms before and raise it too the next level for me.
The film with authoritarian professor is a bit tired. This particular professor seems less knowledgeable. He is shown as a obsessive compulsive. That makes him cardboard, and the performances here can't lift that.
So I started searching my library of films looking for this. It turned out what I found were versions of this type of story that were done more effectively than this one. I am not sure why but this version seems a little flat compared to other films which portrayed this type of story. The emotion in this one seems a little trite too.
The recent reveal that the script was plagiarized from another move thus did not surprise me. The cast in this one bring it off pretty well. Trouble is they could not take a story that has been done in other forms before and raise it too the next level for me.
The film with authoritarian professor is a bit tired. This particular professor seems less knowledgeable. He is shown as a obsessive compulsive. That makes him cardboard, and the performances here can't lift that.