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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Scott Rosenberg (written by)
Release Date:
24 July 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
Perfection is every teenage student's co-pilot. more
Plot:
The new kid in town stumbles across something sinister about the town's method of transforming its unruly teens into upstanding citizens. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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Top Ten High School Horror Movies: 1996 - Present
(From Dread Central. 4 December 2009, 12:38 PM, PST)
Ratings: 'Big Brother,' 'Shark Tank' top a snoozy Sunday
(From EW.com - Hollywood Insider. 17 August 2009, 10:14 AM, PDT)
(From Dread Central. 4 December 2009, 12:38 PM, PST)
Ratings: 'Big Brother,' 'Shark Tank' top a snoozy Sunday
(From EW.com - Hollywood Insider. 17 August 2009, 10:14 AM, PDT)
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Disturbing but entertaining
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Marsden | ... | Steve Clark |
 | Katie Holmes | ... | Rachel Wagner |
 | Tobias Mehler | ... | Andy Effkin |
 | Nick Stahl | ... | Gavin Strick |
 | Steve Railsback | ... | Officer Cox |
 | Bruce Greenwood | ... | Dr. Edgar Caldicott |
 | Katharine Isabelle | ... | Lindsay Clark |
 | William Sadler | ... | Dorian Newberry |
 | Ethan Embry | ... | Allen Clark |
| Terry David Mulligan | ... | Nathan Clark |
| Susan Hogan | ... | Cynthia Clark |
 | A.J. Buckley | ... | Charles 'Chug' Roman |
 | Robert Moloney | ... | Ferry Guy |
 | Derek Hamilton | ... | Trent Whalen |
| Dan Zukovic | ... | Mr. Rooney |
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Also Known As:
Disturbing Behaviour (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, sexuality, language, and drug content.
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Runtime:
84 min
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1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:R (No. 35786) |
Iceland:16 |
Germany:16 (cut) |
Germany:18 |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KNT |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) |
France:U |
Norway:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
Argentina:16
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In some markets the film lasted only a week in cinemas.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Gavin leaves the building after seeing his parents want him go join the club. He is walking on a log and talking but his mouth does not move.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Frightening (2002)
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Psycho Clogs
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Steve and his family move from Chicago to Cradle Bay (which based on a road sign is outside Seattle). We later learn his brother Allen died, and that has something to do with the move. At his new high school, he meets Gavin and U. V., who take drugs and listen to depressing heavy metal music. Gavin has the hots for Lorna, but she's a Blue Ribbon, a member of a group of students that help out in the community and help each other study. Gavin wants nothing to do with these people.
It turns out the Blue Ribbons aren't as goody-goody as they first appear. To call them snobs is an understatement. Anyone who isn't a member is treated like dirt, but of course new members are accepted all the time. The organization had its beginning with a deadly car wreck, and Dr. Edgar Caldicott played a large role in getting it started.
This film reminds me of an episode of 'Smallville', except only the villains (who appear to be the good kids) have the super powers. Or maybe they're not actually super powers. This film had its own version of Belle Reve, where all the Smallville freaks seemed to end up eventually. Also, there was the loud alternative rock music in some scenes and the pleasant classical-style background music in others. I really liked the music in Roscoe's Yogurt Shoppe and in the asylum (I'm referring to Barry Manilow).
I actually found the bad kids appealing in this movie--Gavin, Rachel, and Dickie in particular. The real standout character, though, is the demented janitor Mr. Newberry, who comes across as if Gilbert Gottfried had played the Bill Murray role in 'Caddyshack'. Another good though brief performance came from Julie Patzwald as Betty Caldicott.
This was a little on the violent side, but I guess for the type of movie it wasn't too bad. A lot of bad language seemed to have been cleaned up for TV. And I'm not sure whether this is something that was edited out, but in one scene, the position of a girl's head relative to her date suggests something that happened in Bill Clinton's White House.
It wasn't a classic by any means, but it wasn't too bad.