Bad Education

Based on a true story. Ray romano, hugh jackman, allison janney. The story of how one school district cooked the books, and spent the school's money for their own personal use. The top administrators used the school credit cards as their own, and when discovered, tried to cover it up. And that worked for a while. When a student starts researching the costs billed and supplied, she realizes there's a huge difference between what was invoiced and what was actually received. Of course, it all has to blow up in their faces. It's good! Although all the talk of invoices and credit cards got a bit boring. Having some big names helped to keep it interesting. Will these people ever get busted for all this embezzling? Directed by cory finley. Based on an article which appeared in new york magazine, outlining the events.

Fabulous performance superb acting by all cast members wonderful direction and beautifully written.

This is a film no one wants to watch, just by looking at the premise. But I was keen when I saw Hugh Jackman was involved as the lead. And from the first scene of the movie, you can tell it is going to be a good movie based on his character. Alison Janney is a pleasure to watch in this film as well. The movie is carried on the shoulders of these two accomplished actors and they make the sleazy embezzlement affair enjoyable to watch.

Great cast, great story, strong creative script. Interesting story of corruption of surprisingly large scale in underfunded education field. Nice work on showing many sides of main characters. Unlike most of movies that keep everything black and white. Allison Janney killed it again. one problem tho: they could focus more on ordinary teachers that lead poor lives. How that was a major spit in their faces.

...but adding an overbearingly loud satirical score, doesn't make this a satirical dark comedy. For that matter, where was the comedy?

This film would've showed better and captivated the audience by making it a drama, with a proper score, faster pacing, with elevated personalities and dialogue, instead of drab and monotonic characters. Jackman and Janney were the only reason I didn't fall asleep, and their outstanding performances is the majority of my rating. Poor judgement on the screenplay's genre choice, but decent directing and cinematography. A generous 7/10 from me.