{"id":906,"date":"2018-09-14T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T19:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/?p=906"},"modified":"2018-09-14T15:32:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T19:32:24","slug":"review-does-boarding-school-make-the-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/2018\/09\/14\/review-does-boarding-school-make-the-grade\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Does BOARDING SCHOOL make the grade?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/BoardingSchool_1sht_FN-1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-910 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/BoardingSchool_1sht_FN-1-1-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/BoardingSchool_1sht_FN-1-1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/BoardingSchool_1sht_FN-1-1-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/BoardingSchool_1sht_FN-1-1-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/BoardingSchool_1sht_FN-1-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a>When troubled 12-year-old Jacob Felsen is sent away to boarding school, he enters every kid&#8217;s worst nightmare: A creepy old mansion deserted except for six other teenage misfits and two menacing and mysterious teachers. As events become increasingly horrific, Jacob must conquer his fears to find the strength to survive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Boarding School<\/em>\u00a0begins reminiscent of a wonderful book series<em>\u00a0Miss Peregrine&#8217;s Home For Peculiar Children<\/em>\u00a0(since made into a feature film in 2016). Unfortunately, it is nowhere near as interesting. We do not get to explore each student&#8217;s uniqueness or history to the fullest, we merely scratch the surface. This seems like it could have been the perfect opportunity to have a deeper emotional connection to the six kids the story should center around. What you are ultimately getting is a bit convoluted, with a hugely telegraphed moment during the rushed and, dare I say,\u00a0spoonfed explanation of the film&#8217;s twist. The plot is also intertwined with a story of\u00a0 Jacob&#8217;s recently departed grandmother exacting revenge on her family&#8217;s Nazi tormentor during WWII. I wish we had seen more of these dream\/memory\u00a0moments. It would have played more cleanly juxtaposed with the climax of the film. While\u00a0<em>Boarding School<\/em>\u00a0fails to fully flesh out its characters, it does boast an outstanding performance from our young protagonist in\u00a0<strong>Luke Prael<\/strong>, who can currently be seen in the smash indie hit\u00a0<em>Eighth Grade<\/em>. His vulnerability and presence on screen is truly a sight to behold. I predict big things from him going forward. In the end,\u00a0<em>Boarding School<\/em>\u00a0had many lessons open for exploration (bullying, mental illness, gender identity) but doesn&#8217;t quite get a passing grade.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boarding School - Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xiBFGYwmc6E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222\">Momentum Pictures released\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"color: #222222\"><span style=\"color: blue\">BOARDING SCHOOL<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #222222\">\u00a0in theaters and On Demand \/ Digital HD on\u00a0<\/span><b style=\"color: #222222\">August 31, 2018.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are innumerable films set in creepy mansions involving unusual children. But it is authentic character development that turns an age-old premise into something that sells scary. In the new film Boarding School, we find a gaggle of misfit kids. Why they are there and what goes on beyond the locked gates is anyone&#8217;s guess. So does the film earn an &#8220;A&#8221; or fail to frighten? Find out in this week&#8217;s I Scream You Scream review of BOARDING SCHOOL. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,21,20,1],"tags":[577,579,578,580,208],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fight-or-flight","category-gag-reflex","category-selling-scary","category-uncategorized","tag-boarding-school","tag-luke-prael","tag-misfit-youth","tag-momentum-pictures","tag-thriller"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/09\/boarding-school-group-shot.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":914,"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions\/914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awfj.org\/i-scream-you-scream\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}