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Diabolical

Beware – this is no Dead Poet’s Society as the trailers suggest! It’s a poorly written adaptation with completely unrealistic, 1-dimensional characters. Even worse – the hero is a self-proclaimed paedophile and your meant to feel sorry for him throughout out the film!!! The constant and bizarre homosexual references are extremely disturbing if not downright inappropriate. What boy asks his teachers if they want blowjobs in return for getting him into Oxford??? (This wasn't a joke. Insanely, this is meant to be a poignant scene!) It even ends with a gay student growing up to become a teacher yet fully admitting he is attracted to his students! I am extremely liberal-minded with plenty of gay friends, but I think this film crossed the line in many places – it would have been vaguely excusable if it had been well executed. But it wasn’t - it’s horrendous. Avoid at all costs.

Poor adaptation

Only two stars. Not sure about this adaptation. It maybe interesting and original but mostly for pretentious quazi-intellectual reasons. The OTT homosexual angle is dominating this film; they all seem to be full of themselves, showing off and more interested in BJs than trying to get to Oxford. That makes most characters (all boys and teachers) in this film look way too similar to each other. It would be more interesting if all the characters portrayed showed a bit more diversity.