Afterschool
2008 · Movie · 107 min · ★ 5.5 · 73% critics
At an elite boarding school, a withdrawn student accidentally captures a shocking tragedy on video and is later pushed to help create a memorial piece. As the school tries to manage the fallout, the story follows grief, isolation, and the uneasy gap between teenagers and the adults around them.
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2009-02-10
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (109 votes)
About
You may connect with this if you like bleak, slow-burning teen dramas in the vein of Simon Killer or The Man Without a Face; Not for you if you want warmth, speed, or easy emotional payoff.
Pros: strong lead performance; unsettling atmosphere; thoughtful teen angst | Cons: very slow pace; emotionally bleak; confusing ending
Themes
- overdose
- connecticut
- preparatory school
Cast & crew
Ezra Miller
as Robert
Jeremy Allen White
as Dave
Emory Cohen
as Trevor
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Mr. Burke
Rosemarie DeWitt
as Miss Vogel
Addison Timlin
as Amy
David Costabile
as Mr. Anderson
Dariusz M. Uczkowski
as Peter
Gary Wilmes
as Mr. Virgil
Lee Wilkof
as Mr. Wiseman
Directed by Antonio Campos