Boarding School 2018

Horror

Studio	Metropolitan
Release date	Aug 31, 2018
Country	US
Language	English
Runtime	111 min
Rated	R
Technical details	1.78:1

A young boy becomes fascinated with the persona of his dead grandmother and is sent to an isolated boarding school for misfits run by a mysterious headmaster and his wife.

A young boy becomes fascinated with the persona of his dead grandmother and is sent to an isolated boarding school for misfits run by a mysterious headmaster and his wife. (less)

Director: Boaz Yakin
Writer: Boaz Yakin
Starring: Luke Prael, Samantha Mathis, David Aaron Baker, Michael Wikes, Barbara Kingsley, Robert John Burke
Producer: Celine Rattray

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Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, August 31, 2018

Working on a directorial career for nearly 25 years, Boaz Yakin has been an extremely problematic helmer. There was mainstream success with 2000’s “Remember the Titans” and critical respect with 1994’s “Fresh,” but the rest of his filmography is littered with dire endeavors such as 2003’s “Uptown Girls” and his last effort, 2015’s “Max.” He’s drawn to tales of outsiders and identity, coming up with a genre tease in “Boarding School,” which initially seems like an off-kilter, Burton-esque study of damaged youths coming together to fight the evil of conformity (shades of “Miss Peregrin’s Home fo ...read more...