After some personal trauma, Wilson Walmsley is invited to work as a substitute teacher in a suburban public high school. He finds lack of authority and interest in the school direction and teacher body; uncontrolled and abusive students in an environment of disrespect and lack of discipline. He becomes close to the arts teacher Louise and to the smart and abused student Joey. When he saves Louise from a sexual assault of the student Davey, Louise and him are sued by Davey's family lawyer; then Davey's girlfriend beats Louise. The upset Walmsley lures, drugs and kidnaps Joey and six troublemakers of his class and brings them to his isolate real estate in Alpine, Texas. When the seven students wake up, they are naked and caged in cages with electric fences. When Walmsley arrives, he advises that his class will begin, and any disrespect or lack of discipline will be duly punished, and shots Joey to make clear his intentions. And the class begins.
Detention has generally received mixed reviews.
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Detention was released in 1998 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 2 reviews, giving Detention (1998) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 90%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Professional critics were more impressed with Detention than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 57%, Detention is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1998, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1998 with similar scores include films like Six Days Seven Nights and Babe: Pig in the City.
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