This student-bashing thriller, an inventive satire about higher education for
low-achievers, is a real sleeper. Grieving widower William Walmsley (John S. Davies), a veteran animal trainer, copes with his loss by changing careers and becoming a substitute teacher at Donner High School. He quickly discovers that inspiring contemporary students is an uphill climb, and though Walmsley enjoys instructing hard-working Joey (Forrest Denbow) he can make little headway with the goof-offs in his detention class. One teen temptress goes so far as to threaten a sexual harassment suit if Walmsley doesn’t raise her grade. Sadistic Davey (Mason Wiley) bullies Joey and molests art...
Released:
1998
Rated:
R
Length:
110 mins