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Detention

  • 2011
  • R
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
17K
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Josh Hutcherson, Spencer Locke, and Shanley Caswell in Detention (2011)
As a killer named Cinderhella stalks the student body at the high school in Grizzly Lake, a group of co-eds band together to survive while they're all serving detention.
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As a copycat killer named after movie villain Cinderhella stalks the student body at Grizzly Lake High School, a group of co-eds band together to survive while serving detention.As a copycat killer named after movie villain Cinderhella stalks the student body at Grizzly Lake High School, a group of co-eds band together to survive while serving detention.As a copycat killer named after movie villain Cinderhella stalks the student body at Grizzly Lake High School, a group of co-eds band together to survive while serving detention.

  • Director
    • Joseph Kahn
  • Writers
    • Joseph Kahn
    • Mark Palermo
  • Stars
    • Josh Hutcherson
    • Shanley Caswell
    • Spencer Locke
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    17K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph Kahn
    • Writers
      • Joseph Kahn
      • Mark Palermo
    • Stars
      • Josh Hutcherson
      • Shanley Caswell
      • Spencer Locke
    • 111User reviews
    • 114Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations total

    Videos4

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    Trailer 2:21
    U.S. Version
    Detention: Verge
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    Detention: Library
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    Detention: Library
    Detention: Bowling
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    Detention: Bowling

    Photos130

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    Josh Hutcherson
    Josh Hutcherson
    • Clapton Davis
    Shanley Caswell
    Shanley Caswell
    • Riley Jones
    Spencer Locke
    Spencer Locke
    • Ione
    Dane Cook
    Dane Cook
    • Principal Verge
    Alison Woods
    • Taylor Fisher
    Logan Stalarow
    • Taylor's Little Brother
    Julie Dolan
    Julie Dolan
    • Taylor's Mom
    Daniel Negreanu
    Daniel Negreanu
    • Male News Reporter
    Will Wallace
    Will Wallace
    • Riley's Dad…
    Josh Breeding
    • Hipster Thief
    Marco Garcia
    • Janitor
    Mickey River
    Mickey River
    • Punk
    Jesse Heiman
    Jesse Heiman
    • Nerd
    Joseph Keane
    Joseph Keane
    • Metro
    • (as Joe Keane)
    Percy Daggs III
    Percy Daggs III
    • Jock Kid
    • (as Percy Daggs)
    Parker Bagley
    Parker Bagley
    • Billy Nolan
    Marque Richardson
    Marque Richardson
    • Toby T.
    • (as Marque Richardson II)
    A.D. Johnson
    A.D. Johnson
    • Sander Sanderson
    • (as Aaron David Johnson)
    • Director
      • Joseph Kahn
    • Writers
      • Joseph Kahn
      • Mark Palermo
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews111

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    8mikeydoeshorror

    Refreshing!

    This movie, while it is extremely fast paced and may overload many people's brains, is refreshing. I wont lie when the movie starts off I was a little apprehensive, I thought about turning it off but I am glad I stuck with it because it completely turned around. It's one of those that I know and WANT to watch more than once to catch what I missed. It's silly good fun, I wouldn't watch it to be scared or have my mind probed but it was different. I give this title a 8/10 because its way different than horror flicks that have been coming out, it has a great soundtrack, and it was shot beautify. The movie is an extra treat for those born in the 90s because there is a lot of references to 90s culture.
    7kosmasp

    Too cool for school

    Actually you might feel this tries so hard to be cool, that it never quite achieves that goal. But is that a criticism? And if you think that the same man who directed this took a hiatus after his last movie (Torque), just because he wanted to find himself and his own style rather than just do one studio movie after the other. The director himself will be the first to tell you how much he despises the movie itself (though I do think he is a bit too hard on himself on "Torque"). Still it's refreshing to see a director not being full of himself. Kudos for that and the movie he made here.

    Detention is worth watching a second time. Just to see if you got everything right the first time around. And because of the dialogue. If you want to criticize something, I guess you can say, that every character is fast with a witty response, making them all seem alike. Characters could have been developed a bit better. Still good throughout, with a rather complicated story.
    9jillayne

    The Absolute Best Movie from the Sea Int'l Film Festival

    I have been waiting for this movie to go into wide release since being in the audience at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival when the director brought this film to town. The entire theater was packed and I don't know of a single person who was not having a blast. The film grabs you from the beginning and you're hanging on to the arms of your chair until the end. I'm not talking about horror...I'm talking about the sheer PACE of the movie.

    The film is VERY fast-paced. So fast that when the audience was cracking up from a line or a scene, the next scene had already started and we missed the first several lines. It took me about 15 minutes to adjust to the pace, kind of like when you watch an Irish film it takes the same amount of time to figure out What ppl are saying and then once your brain gets into the groove, you're off.

    I would describe this film as a mash up of Heathers, Donnie Darko, and The Breakfast Club on acid, with a Red Bull soda chaser. Super fun, destined to be a classic.

    I wonder if they've waited for a release so that Josh Hutcherson can become a super mega star via The Hunger Games, in order to boost revenue. Not. A. Bad. Plan.

    Go see this movie. You're welcome.
    8rivertam26

    Very cool

    Yes this is a convoluted, over the top, cinematically offensive mess of a film but it's also one of the coolest films I've seen in quite some time. Embracing every tired cliché and exploiting the hell out of them Detention is a hard movie to even sum up. If in fact you can even call it one. I'm sure as many people will hate it as love it. The bizarre social subtext and plastic infusion of stereotypes flipped on their sides while on acid lends itself to an always surprising and creative vibe that works more than not. Sure the film feels a little long in it's three ring circus finale trying to make insane sense of the events that proceeded it but the film works best when just making clever stabs at modern teen thinking and astute observations on the trendiness of trends. Joseph Kahn redeems himself of the cinematic stink from his previous eye popping but soulless feature Torque even adding in a few jokes at his expense.A music video director magnet of Britney Spears fame he unleashes Detention with a visual pizazz and over the top cinematic foray into smart thinking for 90s bad cinema buffs. Being a child of that era I couldn't help but appreciate all the references and the way it all added up, seeing the blatant irony in the films entirety it's hard for me not too overly praise the films bombastic effect but a second more in tuned watch I feel would expose the films faults and maybe a sense of brilliance I may have created. but at this point Detention is just really cool!
    7Michael-Hallows-Eve

    A fast paced Genre jumping Comedy/Horror!

    This is a fast paced comedy/slasher type film. It uses references from different genre's and different movies. For me, this is part of the attraction as it jumps from one genre reference to another all while paying homage to some classic horror films. The story, although for some seeming to be all over the place, all makes more sense towards the end of the movie. I can't go in to the how or why because I will be giving away the plot, but it comes together and travels along quite quickly. It's no 'Shaun Of The Dead' (that will hard to beat), but it is different and also takes the p!ss out of the teens of our generation, and who doesn't like that? So I give this film a 7 out of 10.

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    • Trivia
      Joseph Kahn has said the most expensive sequence in the movie is the circular tracking shot around various characters in the library, showing the passage of time by portraying different music eras. This is because the music licensing for using these songs cost so much.
    • Goofs
      Ione and Sloan time travel by exchanging minds, with Ione's mind going into Sloan's body in 1992 and Sloan's mind going into Ione's body in 2011. However, Ione (in Sloan's body) somehow still has her mobile phone with her.
    • Quotes

      Principal Verge: I know it looks like such a lighthearted, feel-good comedy, being an expecting teenage mom, but let me tell you something - I've been principal at this school for five years. Let me tell both of you something - pregnant teenagers are never funny, ever.

      Round Teen Girl: I'm not pregnant.

      Principal Verge: Cut the carbs.

    • Crazy credits
      Just past six minutes into the film, cast and crew names appear on, and replace the names of, various brand products, while also appearing in or on various items such as broken plaster, money, toilet paper, an iPod, a door placard, a school jacket, a fire alarm, etc.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.123 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Frenchy's
      Written and Performed by Holy Fuck

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    • Release date
      • April 13, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sát Thủ Học Đường
    • Filming locations
      • University High School - 11800 Texas Avenue, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA(Grizzly Lake High School)
    • Production companies
      • Detention Films (II)
      • Syndrome Studio
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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Datasat
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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