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Bad Education

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A Long Island school superintendent and his assistant are credited with bringing the district unprecedented prestige. Frank is a master of positive messaging, whether before an audience of community leaders or in an office with a concerned student or parent. That changes when a student reporter uncovers an embezzlement scheme of epic proportions, prompting Frank to devise an elaborate cover-up.
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Anchored by an outstanding Hugh Jackman, Bad Education finds absurd laughs -- and a worthy message -- in the aftermath of a real-life scandal.

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Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) This is one of those deadpan farces where we get to chortle as awful people are hoisted high on the petard of their own greed. Rated: 3/4 May 13, 2022 Full Review Stephen Romei The Australian Hugh Jackman turns in a beguiling and powerful performance in his latest movie, based on a real-life scandal. Rated: 4/5 Jun 12, 2020 Full Review Wenlei Ma News.com.au Fuelled by a fascinating story and its sensational performances, Bad Education is a movie worthy of its star-power and ambitions. Rated: 3.5/5 May 18, 2020 Full Review Bianca Garner Filmotomy Bad Education helps to present us with very flawed, and very real people who are as layered as the film’s plot. Oct 4, 2024 Full Review Joonatan Itkonen Toisto.net This is a great film; it will aggravate, amaze, and confound you all at once. Make it a priority to see it the moment it’s out. Rated: 4/5 Jul 8, 2024 Full Review Dave Giannini InSession Film Bad Education is a strong film overall, especially during a time in which we are bereft of theatrical releases and original ideas. Rated: B+ Feb 20, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tina S The pace of this was too slow I swear it felt like I was watching for 4 hours and I wasnt even Halfway thru. Idk how they made a story like this so boring Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/21/25 Full Review THE NASHVILLE I Man, what a hilariously sharp movie! Thankfully Jackman’s WAY MORE than his wolverine work. Hilarious yet intimidating work from Janney, as if Darth Vader took a turn on Modern Family. The script also does a great job unsuspectingly creating a sort of mystery motif, the way it breadcrumbs the major pieces of the second act. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/12/25 Full Review Paul S This movie was so much fun to watch, and its story was really whacky and compelling. I definitely recommend it for drama fans! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/28/25 Full Review Bret H Turned it off after bout 20 minutes when the widowed school superintendent meets a former student who is bartending and takes him home for some man on man action.That is a far as I got.Turned it off.They left out that little nugget in the description of the movie.Maybe they say down and watched "broke back mountain". Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/22/25 Full Review Guilherme N Hugh's acting convinces you so well Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/04/25 Full Review Tracy W A very entertaining, well-acted movie but essentially a cover up of the real reasons for the destruction of public education. Companies essentially no longer pay property taxes and homeowners are being blackmailed into higher taxes. There’s no reason these issues couldn’t have been addressed. Instead it’s left on the level of personal corruption. Also, the state of public education isn’t really comedic, is it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/29/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A Long Island school superintendent and his assistant are credited with bringing the district unprecedented prestige. Frank is a master of positive messaging, whether before an audience of community leaders or in an office with a concerned student or parent. That changes when a student reporter uncovers an embezzlement scheme of epic proportions, prompting Frank to devise an elaborate cover-up.
Director
Cory Finley
Producer
Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Julia Lebedev, Mike Makowsky, Oren Moverman, Eddie Vaisman
Screenwriter
Mike Makowsky
Production Co
HBO Films, Sight Unseen Pictures, Automatik Entertainment
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 26, 2020
Runtime
1h 48m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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