Review of The Chocolate War (1988) by Zane T — 01 Jan 2010

I guess I don't get this movie because I didn't go to a private school. I guess the chocolate sale is a metaphor of how students will follow the herd if the cool kids get behind it, kinda like school spirit.

Anyway, the whole movie seems silly. I mean, what was up with John Glover and his whole character. This Father has issues. Ilan Mitchell-Smith proves why he gave up acting and went to teaching college.

As for Wallace Langham, he is about as believable as a villain as Phillip Seymour Hoffman is and what is up with his Flock of Seaguls haircut. There's also a lot of bad 1980's mullets and that god awful new age music from the 80's.

This was Keith Gordon's first movie and for someone who has worked for Brian De Palma, it almost seems like a De Palma wannabe movie. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone, but it seems like a demo of a greater story.

The whole Jenny Wright character seems to have been lost in translation or wound up on the cutting room floor.