My wife didn't like it at all. I found some enjoyment, but it is a very strange movie. Especially the role James Woods plays. But I get ahead of myself.
Evan Rachel Wood is Kimberly Joyce, pretty, slim, and seemingly very nice. But as she takes a new student under her wings, and calmly escorts her around, the things Kimberly says just don't seem right. Then, when she is home at dinner, her interaction with her stepmom Kathy is just incredulous. Something about the stepmom having sex with the family dog. James Woods is her dad, and the things he says, as well as certain things he fails to say in response to Kimberly, are equally incredulous.
Jane Krakowski is good as local reporter Emily Klein, assigned to do a story on the school, but soon finding herself in a much bigger story. Ron Livingston (of office space fame) is teacher and drama coach Percy Anderson, a seemingly nice guy who also acts a bit suspicious.
There isn't much else to say without giving away major spoilers, but suffice to say that the movie is not for everyone. It is a very strange take on certain aspects of high school life.
MAJOR SPOILERS. Three girls collude to accuse Mr Anderson of sexual advances. He isn't guilty we eventually find out, but it was all a scheme that Kimberly used to take revenge on one of the other girls for having stolen away her boyfriend. In the end, she figured the publicity would further her acting ambitions, and even though the new girl, one of the three accusers, shot and killed herself, Kimberly just figured that was an acceptable price to pay for her scheme.
Dark, very dark!
Evan Rachel Wood is Kimberly Joyce, pretty, slim, and seemingly very nice. But as she takes a new student under her wings, and calmly escorts her around, the things Kimberly says just don't seem right. Then, when she is home at dinner, her interaction with her stepmom Kathy is just incredulous. Something about the stepmom having sex with the family dog. James Woods is her dad, and the things he says, as well as certain things he fails to say in response to Kimberly, are equally incredulous.
Jane Krakowski is good as local reporter Emily Klein, assigned to do a story on the school, but soon finding herself in a much bigger story. Ron Livingston (of office space fame) is teacher and drama coach Percy Anderson, a seemingly nice guy who also acts a bit suspicious.
There isn't much else to say without giving away major spoilers, but suffice to say that the movie is not for everyone. It is a very strange take on certain aspects of high school life.
MAJOR SPOILERS. Three girls collude to accuse Mr Anderson of sexual advances. He isn't guilty we eventually find out, but it was all a scheme that Kimberly used to take revenge on one of the other girls for having stolen away her boyfriend. In the end, she figured the publicity would further her acting ambitions, and even though the new girl, one of the three accusers, shot and killed herself, Kimberly just figured that was an acceptable price to pay for her scheme.
Dark, very dark!