Bad Education Reviews
Bad Education helps to present us with very flawed, and very real people who are as layered as the film’s plot.
| Oct 4, 2024
This is a great film; it will aggravate, amaze, and confound you all at once. Make it a priority to see it the moment it’s out.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 8, 2024
Bad Education is a strong film overall, especially during a time in which we are bereft of theatrical releases and original ideas.
| Original Score: B+ | Feb 20, 2024
Frank Tassone isn’t a likeable character; in fact, he’s rather detestable. But that almost makes me love this film even more. It’s been a long journey towards real queer representation...
| Sep 28, 2022
Bad Education is a criminally entertaining film.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 28, 2022
This is one of those deadpan farces where we get to chortle as awful people are hoisted high on the petard of their own greed.
| Original Score: 3/4 | May 13, 2022
A deeply American tale about the drip-drop nature of morality in positions of power, and how easy it can be to excuse the wrong thing when it feels so right.
| Mar 11, 2022
The film effectively sheds light on an ongoing problem in many school systems that quite frankly goes unnoticed. There is no denying that Bad Education is one of 2020s best films and a must-see for any cinephile.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 18, 2022
This is a realistic, intelligent drama with a strong cast and a brilliantly flawed protagonist.
| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 31, 2021
It's truly a small miracle to watch the way these two antisocial misfits con their way into people's trust, as Jackman and Janney make them all too human.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 31, 2021
It dialogues with topics about hypocrisy and corruption in the American educational sphere, but even with the decent performances from Jackman and Janney cannot rekindle a flat narrative that stumbles along. [Full review in Spanish]
| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 25, 2021
Lightweight as a drama, but the performances - especially from Janney and Jackman - are first rate.
| Mar 30, 2021
One of 2020's 20 best films.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 16, 2021
So well-crafted... Has really interesting insights into the psychopathy or the humanity of all the players.
| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 15, 2021
Bad Education is an engrossing comedy drama. Though it is a comedy and also has many characteristics of an out-and-out satire, it treats its subject matter - corruption in academia - with the gravity it deserves.
| Jan 28, 2021
As much about tacit complicity as corruption, Bad Education is an irresistibly absorbing study of self-interest and an impressive showcase for its director and stars.
| Jan 26, 2021
Jackson gives a tour-de-force performance, portraying Tassone with incredible alertness and spontaneity.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 14, 2021
A truly fantastic film that viewers will revel every second of.
| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2020
Bad Education is one of the finest movies of the year...
| Oct 19, 2020
Hugh Jackman's performance proves to be another major highlight.
| Sep 23, 2020