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Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Michael Ledo BRUCE WILLIS WAS GOOD...but the story somewhat lacked. Mischa Barton seemed a little old for a HS girl. I guess she had a contract which forced her to appear topless in a bath tub. Willis' character is funny. The movie, I suppose is modern times, although Willis has a picture of Ike in his office as well as a TV from the 1950's. One family has a bean bag chair, then there are disco lights at the dance. I was confused as to the time period. The music at the dance was modern and there was a bad reference to a cell phone, but none of the kids have a cell phone. Once you get past the weirdness of the time period, the movie settles down to a so-so who-dun-it, with twists (the box tells you there are twists so they are expected). The first person narration throughout much of the movie got to be boring. I did enjoy the "John Wilkes Booth" limp of the assassin, as well as the character of the school nurse. The Spanish teacher was supposed to be quirky but really was bland due to a bad script. I think the movie would have been better if they added another quirky teacher or two to the mix as background characters similar to the Spanish teacher.

RavenGlamDVDCollector A hell of a lot of fuss is made by other reviewers re the script, the story itself, Bruce Willis, et al. I bought the DVD because I collect Mischa Barton's films, so I'm sorta myopic in a way, I know, but wake up, people, what was this film really about? Does it have any bearing on real life? Wasn't there just a whole lot of surrealism in it? For one thing, that 'paintball assassination' scene occurs through closed windows with glass panes that doesn't shatter as there is obviously no bullets involved. Yet there is still hits. Intact glass notwithstanding. As far as I've checked the other reviews, nobody points this out.Everything just seems designed to make a movie filled with shocking events, and in Mom's-apple-pie America nothing high-school-wise is more shocking than the Colombine refrain, so let us have a scene with a schoolkid aiming a firearm; only, it is a fake.To me, the focus falls on Mischa Barton. Sadly, I must confess, Mischa Barton is not Marissa Cooper of THE O.C. in here, not even her shadow, not even the shadow of her shadow. Yes, I also think Mischa just plays herself, but that worked for THE O.C. Here she gave a minimalist performance which is sadly lacking. Francesca should have been portrayed as vivacious, instead, Mischa coasts along on the memories us guys have of her in THE O.C. Fortunately the script provided a tantalizing surprise at the end, I didn't even know about the nude scene. If only Mischa's Francesca was half as likable as Reece's Bobby Funke...There is some really funny gross humor and Bruce Willis has great presence, and, yes, Reece Thompson is the scene- stealer throughout, but movie is ultimately something neither fish nor fowl.

nathan-517 Refreshingly Noir, thats what I think of when I watch this movie. Its a good old school conspiracy theory mystery with only one man who can see past the smoke screen that the conspirator/s throw in front of everyones faces. I love the fact that its done in a spoof way taking elements like making the backdrop a high school, turning characters into classic Noir characters, eg. the principal = mayor. And the fact that the actors push their lines too much making it overly dramatize fueling the parody of it all; which makes it all so very humorous. Also, like most mystery movies, you continuously second guess who did the crime because the movie makes twists and turns that put you to the edge of the seat until just before it all wraps up, you figure out the true person/s behind it all and watch as the past hour of questions and back stepping all unravel in front of you into the perfect crime. Over all, this is a movie to see; its spoofs Film Noir but also praises it with the execution of the acting, the script, and even the camera work giving you those angles that make any movie way more eerier. Straight to DVD cant stop this movie, its truly a mystery to see, refreshingly Noir. Now all we need is for a real Film Noir movie to come around soon.

gradyharp ASSASSINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT is a big step above most of the teen movies that focus on potty mouth dialogue and absurd situations just to get laughs. Writers Tim Calpin and Kevin Jakubowski have come up with a script that is sometimes smart but ultimately full of holes in deciding where it wants to take the original premise of this high school movie. Director Brett Simon seems to sort of let the movie flow as it develops, preventing a tight telling of a story with potential. Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson, a promising new talent) is a nerdy newspaper reporter who is never able to finish a story. Student Body President/basketball star/ladies' man Paul Moore (Patrick Taylor) seems to have everything Bobby wants, including the attention of the school's most beautiful girl Francesca (Mischa Barton). As fortune would have it a crime happens - the SATs are stolen from the office of Principal Kirkpatrick (Bruce Willis playing Bruce Willis) and Booby is on the investigation and story, a story that points to Paul as the perpetrator. Bobby's nerdiness is transformed by his attention and by the affections of Francesca, and soon the school collapses under the cloud of the crime. It is how the 'crime' is inspected and resolved that ends the film. For Bobby Funke it is a matter of 'What price glory'. The cast is fresh and it is a pleasure to see some new faces with promise. Whether it is the director's or the sound mixer's fault, much of the dialogue is swallowed by the soundtrack, a problem thankfully solved by turning on the subtitles. This is a movie with promise from all involved and it will be interesting to see if it has an impact on teen flick quality. Grady Harp