Review of Apt Pupil (1998) by Sean L — 05 Jun 2014
Ah, Stephen King. Watched this years ago, but having listened to the book about catching Eichmann, I wanted to revisit this. Not all of King's books or stories are great pieces of literature, but some are actually pretty damn good stories. This short story qualifies (and Shawshank turned into one of the greatest movies of all-time).
Interesting character study as you have a teen who could be troubled running into a former Nazi in hiding. As he pulls the past out of this monster, can he himself escape the evil...or does he seek the evil because he already has it?
Renfro is weak as the kid but McKellen is pretty solid as the Nazi. Great scene where the old man puts on a uniform and has a flashback of sorts. In all, the movie seems to be lacking in something serious to give it gravitas, but it is a pretty cool story.
This review of Apt Pupil (1998) was written by Sean L on 05 Jun 2014.
Apt Pupil has generally received mixed reviews.
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