So the premise of the movie, although unoriginal, was entertaining enough. An unstable girl in high school becomes obsessed with her hot new math teacher/volley ball coach and will do anything to try to get him. I didn't bored while watching it and the acting wasn't bad for a TV movie, I have seen much worse.
However I think this movie's main weakness is it's unbelievability. The teacher is made out to be an innocent victim of this girl's obsession, while in reality he was encouraging the behavior and probably breaking many school policies and maybe laws. Most schools, regardless of the state's laws, do not let teachers socialize with students individually outside of school, but this man found it acceptable for her to pick up his daughter and the three of them go out together, come to his house, go to his ex-wife's funeral, etc. He would have coffee with her, flirt with her, talk about personal relationships, and allow her to call his cell phone on a regular basis, but when she starts to outright say she want them to be together, he seems appalled and thinks she is the one who is totally out of line. He should have been reported (or reported her) in the beginning, or if not had his teaching license revoked and been terminated. I just seems most of the characters were completely incapable of making rational or realistic decisions.
But even though most people have seen this story before and it does have some issues, I would say it's still worth watching once.
However I think this movie's main weakness is it's unbelievability. The teacher is made out to be an innocent victim of this girl's obsession, while in reality he was encouraging the behavior and probably breaking many school policies and maybe laws. Most schools, regardless of the state's laws, do not let teachers socialize with students individually outside of school, but this man found it acceptable for her to pick up his daughter and the three of them go out together, come to his house, go to his ex-wife's funeral, etc. He would have coffee with her, flirt with her, talk about personal relationships, and allow her to call his cell phone on a regular basis, but when she starts to outright say she want them to be together, he seems appalled and thinks she is the one who is totally out of line. He should have been reported (or reported her) in the beginning, or if not had his teaching license revoked and been terminated. I just seems most of the characters were completely incapable of making rational or realistic decisions.
But even though most people have seen this story before and it does have some issues, I would say it's still worth watching once.