The Preppie Connection

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Audience Member With a hurried ending, the Preppie Connection hits the highlights of a college boy turned campus drug god. It's all the exciting parts, without much of a deep connection. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review john m There's absolutely no exploration into the main character and it's a story that's been shown in different scenarios a million times in film. It basically just feels like someone found the facts of the true story and put them in bullet points of a script and that's what was shot. Mixed with half-ass, obvious narration that doesn't lend anything to who Tobias is. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Worth the watch, an entertaining wild drama of teenage wealth and crime Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member The rythm of the movie seems very forced and overall boring. Really bad job at recreating the vibe of 80s Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member The Preppie Connection is a film based on the 1984 drug scandal at Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite private High School in Connecticut. Toby Hammel (Thomas Mann) is a good student who is awarded a scholarship to this elite private high school, but when he gets there, he discovers, as the poor kid, he doesn't quite fit in. In order to make friends, fit in with the popular kids, and get close to the girl his heart desires, Toby tells them that he can get them whatever drugs they desire. The truth is he has no idea how to do that, but someone as smart as he is was bound to figure it out. As with many of these films, some artistic license was taken, and not everything in the film is exactly what happened, however I find films like that make for the best dramas. Think about it for a second, some things in life happen that are just so strange and twisted that even the best writers couldn't make them up. These films play as more realistic, audiences tend to connect closer with the characters, and they even become invested in the story. I myself went searching Wikipedia afterwards to see what happened to everybody all these years later. The star of the film is Thomas Mann and other than his eerie resemblance to Sid in Lords of Dogtown, I knew nothing about him, but his performance was astonishing. Coming from a bunch of teen party movies to doing something like this was a huge step in the right direction and hopefully a big break for a talented young actor. V star Logan Huffman and newcomer Lucy Fry round out a stellar albeit unknown cast. IFC films are my favorite Independent films, stories based on real life events are my favorite kinds of drama, add to the mix a talented and relatively unknown young cast and you have the recipe for a film that does not disappoint. The Preppie Connection may not have the action or big name star that appeals to many fans, but by in large it is an unforgettable story of just what one person is capable of when properly motivated. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Eh. Was OK, but not really into movies that glamorize the teen drug scene, since anyone's capable of dealing and running drugs. Expect to see a lot more like this, especially after/during an opioid epidemic. Also, very weak love scene (one). Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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