College Professor Obsession (2021 TV Movie) User Reviews

"What do you call it... Frumpy Tracksuit?"

[Droid_Gunner · 5/10 · 15 July 2021]

Perhaps the greatest line ever uttered in cinema, when the pompous professor played by Randy Wayne eyes the young lead actress's outfit and smarms, "Nice outfit. What do you call it... Frumpy tracksuit?"

This movie is a mess. Things don't add up. Characters emotions change on a dime. The stock footage shot of the college campus is used DOZENS of times as a bandaid to cover up story / editing issues. The blame should all fall on the shoulders of a poor script and awkward narrative. Now that that's out of the way, let's discuss Randy Wayne...

I've seen this guy a few times over the years. Pretty sure I remember him from that straight-to-video 'Dukes of Hazzard' sequel in the mid-2000s. Never thought much of him, until this film. Wow. He hams it up like crazy. Every word out of his mouth is uber-smarmy (like the above "frumpy" line), creating a performance that is both embarrassing but fun. I don't feel bad saying this, because I'm 99% sure he was in on it and just crafted the cheesiest performance possible.

And for that alone, the movie was worth watching.

(I was laughing SO HARD at the delivery of the "frumpy tracksuit" line, but I just about fell off my couch when a character later recalled and REPEATED that same line back -- "What was it he said about your outfit... Frumpy tracksuit?" Guess the filmmakers loved that line so much they had to double-dip!)

College whodunit again! Yawn.....

[Chartreuse1 · 5/10 · 21 July 2021]

Jenny, a freshman at Oldbridge, gets tripled up and discovers the student who's she replaced ended up dead but no one knows why or how. Jenny vows to figure out the mystery but at what personal cost? This was an OK Lifetime movie and Grace Patterson is becoming a Lifetime regular but even she couldn't rescue this movie. Watchable once.

VIEWS ON FILM review of College Professor Obsession

[burlesonjesse5 · 4/10 · 7 October 2021]

2021's College Professor Obsession (my latest review) is in a way, about a college professor. But the title, well it's kinda misleading. There's a lot more things going on in this Lifetime vehicle. Most of them from a cinematic standpoint, aren't great.

So yeah, "Professor" is akin to a bad Scream sequel that ultimately plays out like a lumpy murder mystery. The acting, well it's mostly mediocre with enough hammy residue to fill a whole dinner table at Easter. Only the actual professor character (who's purely foul) provides any sort of heighten tension throughout the film. Neve Campbell is sadly not there to save the day.

Sidney Prescott-s begot, you wanna see a Lifetime pic that's tonally all over the place with editing that is completely scattershot? Well "Professor" is truly your ticket. You wanna witness a director (Brent Ryan Green) use his actors sparingly so they fade in and out like shades of common light? Well "Professor" doesn't disappoint. Finally, do you want to see a lead performance by Rhonda Rousey lookalike Grace Patterson that's about as bad as what Rhonda Rousey would've done? It's up to you but I would avoid it.

Filmed in Oklahoma (with plenty of filler aerial shots) and harboring the production company of Almost Never Films Inc. (that's funny), College Professor Obsession is about a college student who finds herself in danger because she won't do the deed with her d-bag teacher.

That's the plot description I got off the Internet and it's a vague one at that. Be that as it may, helmer Green doesn't follow up on said description. He doesn't give the professor persona enough screen time and doesn't establish the dude's shaded evilness. He'd rather make "Professor" more slasher/whodunit elaborate than it has any right to be. Talk about a messy "idee fixe".

Not so bad but not that great either

[leepererin · 4/10 · 12 July 2021]

Just another lifetime movie to waste 90 minutes away while doing laundry...at least thats what I did anyways. The helicopter mom, Kristin really got on my nerves a bit with her mouth. Really ugly woman with buck teeth. Them blubber lips in the beginning of the movie while eating dinner "to our brave and beautiful Jenntha"really irks me. She is a horrible actress which is probably why I have never heard of her and hopefully won't see her in another movie in my lifetime.

Horrible

[jbesco-62583 · 1/10 · 10 October 2023]

Writers have no concept of how dorms, college athletics, or scholarships work.

30 somethings still living in the dorm?

Had a track scholarship until she got hurt, but apparently didn't tour the campus until move in day? Upper classmen moved in weeks before freshmen, and for some reason they knew she was going to be in the dorms but did not assign her a room until after a girl dies? Maybe there's such a huge waitlist for rooms that they just move people in mid semester, like the girl that is the "roomie" at the end?

The concept has been done before, but MUCH better. Almost unwatchable with all of the screwed up details. Just crap all the way through.

Boring..

[orange_wood-17820 · 2/10 · 20 January 2022]

The storyline seemed interesting but after watching the movie, it was really lame. My two year old could of written a better movie. Such a waste of an hour and a half.

Pretty decent movie

[sbarro-87052 · 7/10 · 28 October 2021]

I enjoyed the movie pretty much. It was entertaining for the Lifetime style of cinema. The above description made me laugh, when it said that her mother had to drop everything, in order to save her daughter. I mean, that is a no-brainer, if your child is in danger, then you go to help them. The actor who played the arrogant teacher was a little over the top. And Jenny got a little hysterical too many times. Maybe, her character was borderline personality. The best actor in the movie was the sullen roommate, Sarah, who finally came around to help and ended up with a coma. I don't remember what her outcome was at the end. They kind of glossed over her character's condition, but I think she's going to be fine. All in all, not a great movie, but somewhat enjoyable to watch.

Fumbled attempt to illuminate a real-life issue

[jb0579 · 2/10 · 11 July 2022]

College freshman Jenny is learning that effort in the classroom and speed on the track may not be enough to succeed in school. Meanwhile a spate of mysterious happenings seemingly attributable to a creepy professor may not be just a rumor.

May very well be the worst acting I have ever, ever seen. Absolutely ridiculous to the point of laughter. The college professor is so bad that he's almost creepy in REAL LIFE. I feel bad for the young women and men who go through harassment in real life. This could've been a well-done movie and vehicle to out these smarmy abusive professors. Instead it's a mellowdramatic laugh. Horrible movie, watch only if you've already done funner things like inserting toothpicks under your fingernails or swallowing a bucket of rusty steel-wool.

Lucky Room #1227: Sarah's Bed

[lavatch · 7/10 · 15 January 2022]

"College Professor's Obsession" (a.k.a., "Deadly Dorm") is based on an outlandish premise. Some of the male professors at the fictional Oldbridge University penalize their female students for not dressing up for class, lowering their grades if they do not comply with their authoritarian personal rules ("confident" versus "casual"). Of course, the quid pro quo goes beyond the classroom attire, as apparent in private, off-campus late-night soirées where the sartorially splendid co-eds mingle with the professors.

This film was made in 2021, and it is safe to say that the chances that such a situation could occur at any American university during that year would be zero; nada; the empty set; and no way on earth!

Young Jenny Willis is a freshman entering college with high hopes of winning back her scholarship on the track team after an unfortunate leg injury. But nothing goes right for Jenny (or "Jen Jen" as she is called affectionately by her loving mother).

The trouble begins when Jen Jen learns that the dorm room she was assigned was that of a student who recently died, and Jen Jen will be sleeping in her bed. The mysterious circumstances of Sarah's death lead Jen Jen to the perverts on the faculty, particularly her psychology professor, Dr. Eric Davrou, who is blatantly blackmailing his students.

The mother-daughter relationship figures prominently in the film as Kristin Willis (played by fan favorite Grace "Lifetime" Patterson), who runs a successful ladies boutique called "Blush," instantly recognizes that her daughter is in trouble and will provide her with relentless support.

There is also a set of well-developed secondary characters, including Jen Jen's two roommates, the flighty Beth and the sullen Sarah. Both roommates are concealing vital secrets about the deceased Sarah that will lead right back to the classroom of Dr. Davrou.

Although all three actresses playing the college students looked as old as their American history professor, Miss Kingsley, the earnest performances and the fast pace of the film drew the viewer into the secrets of the deadly dorm room.

At one point in the film, it was made clear that Jen Jen's long-suffering father was working overtime in order to pay for his daughter's tuition at the prestigious Oldbridge U. To put it mildly, the less expensive state college that the characters mocked would have provided a more conducive learning environment than Oldbridge.

Cliché

[celement-60550 · 7/10 · 3 August 2021]

It was a good movie overall. I wasn't a fan at first, but stuck it out and wasn't to bad. It was a cliché though, I knew Jenny would be the one to figure out what happen to the old roommate. Then there is always that happy ending that turns out just how everyone wanted. There was a few twist in there I didn't think was going to happen.

Overall out 7 out of 10.