A substitute teacher is put in charge of a class of future geniuses after their home-room teacher commits suicide in the creepy French social drama School’s Out (L’heure de la sortie). This adaptation of the novel by Christophe Dufosse is headlined by Comedie-Francaise actor Laurent Lafitte, who plays the clueless Catholic neighbor in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle. His straightforward educator starts to think something might be up with his newly assigned pupils, who are at once menacing and creepily secretive and quiet. Though sophomore director Sebastien Marnier (Faultless), who also co-wrote the screenplay, doesn’t manage to sustain the tension ...
- 8/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A substitute teacher is put in charge of a class of future geniuses after their home-room teacher commits suicide in the creepy French social drama School’s Out (L’heure de la sortie). This adaptation of the novel by Christophe Dufosse is headlined by Comedie-Francaise actor Laurent Lafitte, who plays the clueless Catholic neighbor in Paul Verhoeven’s Elle. His straightforward educator starts to think something might be up with his newly assigned pupils, who are at once menacing and creepily secretive and quiet. Though sophomore director Sebastien Marnier (Faultless), who also co-wrote the screenplay, doesn’t manage to sustain the tension ...
- 8/31/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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