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The Faculty (1999)

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Reviews Counted:36

Fresh:19

Rotten:17

Average Rating:5.6/10

Consensus: Rip-off of other sci-fi thrillers.

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: The story of a group of high school students - loners, leaders, hipsters, nerds, brains and jocks - who make the terrifying discovery that their teachers are from another planet. With this... The story of a group of high school students - loners, leaders, hipsters, nerds, brains and jocks - who make the terrifying discovery that their teachers are from another planet. With this knowledge they are forced to band together to save their school and town from alien domination. [More]

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Famke Janssen, Elijah Wood, Salma Hayek

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Famke Janssen, Elijah Wood, Salma Hayek, Jon Stewart, Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Shawn Hatosy, Piper Laurie, Bebe Neuwirth, Usher Raymond, Christopher McDonald, Robert Patrick, Daniel Von Bargen

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Kevin Williamson
Story: David Wechter, Bruce Kimmel
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez
Composer: Marco Beltrami

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The Kevin Williamson formula (rewrite familiar horror scenarios and have the characters note the familiarity) has gotten to be a bore, and in this case it makes no sense.

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04/17/09
Steve Biodrowski
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09/19/08
Dennis Harvey
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A crappy teen horror movie, but in director Robert Rodriguez's hands it's at least agreeably crappy.

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08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News

A moviegoer looking for an empty-headed waste of time could do worse.

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February 01, 2007: Jordana Brewster is the New "Mrs. Smith"
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