Assassination of a High School President

2008

Comedy / Crime / Mystery

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 46% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 46% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 16666 16.7K

Plot summary

After the theft of copies of SAT exams from a principal's office, teenage reporter Bobby Funke sets out to unmask the thief. Bobby prints an article fingering Class President Paul Moore as the thief, shredding the youth's reputation. But as Bobby gets to know Paul's girlfriend, Francesca, he comes to realize he was wrong about Paul, so he sets out to unmask the true culprit.

Director

Brett Simon Photo
Brett Simon

Top cast

Bruce Willis Photo
Bruce Willis as Principal Jared T. Kirkpatrick
Michael Rapaport Photo
Michael Rapaport as Coach Z
Zoë Kravitz Photo
Zoë Kravitz as Valerie Torres
Luke Grimes Photo
Luke Grimes as Marlon Piazza
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857.17 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.72 GB
1920*800
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by adidaz-1 7 / 10

a lesser 'brick'

A pretty fun movie, but I thought I'd take the time to point out something that apparently all the other reviewers have missed. this, to me, is pretty much a Brick rip-off. which is not to say it's a bad movie, as often if you pick a good movie to copy, you can end up with a good film yourself. But definitely, if you haven't seen Brick, do so. It's the same "hard-boiled" patter and convoluted connections that make up the high-school drama. Only Brick is way tougher, more intelligent, and a lot more heartbreaking.Once again, I really like Assassination of a High School President. Although I would never recommend it to someone without making sure they've seen Brick first.
Reviewed by moviesaccordingtodes 5 / 10

Assassination of a High School President should be assassinated

I liked the detective wanna be feel…both intriguing and amusing. The movie was unnecessarily perverted, but as a movie seeking teen viewers it was probably trying to get on their level and to appeal to them. Since teens are perverted this makes sense.That's really all I can say about this movie. I chuckled a few times and I liked the detective feel and narrations. Other than that I wasn't too interested in the story. It wasn't too captivating but then again…I'm not a teen. Maybe this film is just out of my age range.The acting was what was expected in this type of film. I was kind of surprised with the acting because two of the main actors are Bruce Willis and Mischa Barton…need I say more? The best actor to me was the lead role, Reece Thompson. Never heard of him before but he played the part well. I felt like Willis and Barton were trying to hard to fit their roles. I can't blame them for this though. If the film was better I think the acting would have been as well.
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