Superbad meets grossout noir, boasting tangy teen dirty talk so thick, you could cut it with a well sharpened pencil. Which by the way, somebody does more than once.
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10/04/09
Assassination of a High School President (2008)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:5
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.7/10
Synopsis: Forget it, Jake. It's...high school. With its noir roots, this stylish dark comedy pays homage to Roman Polanski's CHINATOWN. Reece Thompson (ROCKET SCIENCE) stars as a school newspaper writer who... [More]
Starring: Mischa Barton, Reece Daniel Thompson, Bruce Willis, Michael Rapaport
Director: Brett Simon
Reviews for Assassination of a High School President
1 - 9 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
The entire film wants to be a carbon copy of Rushmore, with the addition of dark slickness and the omission of general quality.
10/01/09
Brett Simon's Assassination of a High School President is a small and pleasant surprise.
10/18/08
The flick plays like "Rushmore" meets "The Usual Suspects," alongside shout-outs to everything from "Sixteen Candles" to "Chinatown" to "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
05/19/08
Assassination has a meandering plot line that dithers when it should drive forward, and lingers at times it should leap ahead.
01/29/08
Depending on your personal taste, the following statement may make or break Assassination for you: the movie is cute.
01/29/08
Basically Brick for remedial viewers.
01/25/08
Top CriticDoesn't find enough novel insights to make for essential viewing.
01/25/08
Brett Simon's clever high school noir debut is more Heathers than John Hughes
01/22/08
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Latest News for Assassination of a High School President
March 13, 2009:
Battling for a Theatrical Assassination 
Thanks to the Yari Film Group's financial woes, the 2008 Sundance sweetheart "Assassination of a High School President" looks destined for the straight-to-DVD market -- but... More...
August 14, 2008:
Brett Simon Takes Lionsgate's Severance Package
Lionsgate has purchased the film rights to Duane Swierczynski's Severance Package, a novel about "a media relations director of a financial company who learns that the firm was... More...
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