Review of Assassination of a High School President (2008) by Paul W — 24 Oct 2009

A bunch of 20-something actors pretending to be high school students and not doing a very convincing job of it. A sophomore with a penchant for film noir voice-overs investigates the theft of SAT exams and uncovers a complex conspiracy. The students are unbearably hip, the dialog ditto. Sardonic images and action lurk in the background of most scenes. It's like . . . well, it's like a bunch of hip, sardonic 20-somethings made a hip, sardonic, film noir-ish spoof of high school life. And they managed to hire Bruce Willis to play the principle, so that people will rent the DVD.

I don't mean to say it's bad (I did give it three stars, after all). It's interesting and in many places funny. But it kind of gives you a sarcasm headache after a while. It's just not life; it's just not real.