Night School

  • 12A (IRELAND)
  • 2020


MOVIE IS inspiring abortive manipulative powerless lifeless
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Positive Reviews 19
Negative reviews 4
Average Rating 3.5/5
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3.0
Beyond the occasionally maudlin lilt of the music, theres no overt editorializing. Av Club
3.8
She basically just doesnt want to be alone and thinks a diploma will give her more life opportunities. Rogerebert
1.5
By that point, the movie is already so profoundly stupid that such mysteries dont really matter. Indie Wire
4.5
Night School exposes the individualism of poverty and the power that education can bring to the powerless. We Got This Covered
3.1
The high school diploma is accepted by the film too conveniently as a problem solving MacGuffin.
4.5
Feeling particularly relevant these days because of the ever growing obstacles faced by less educated people struggling for economic gains, the moving .. The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Nevertheless, Cohns film is ultimately a genuinely inspiring one, noteworthy in the way it achieves its uplift honestly and without sentimentality. Paste Magazine
4.5
Cohns slickly edited verit style storytelling lets each persons humanity rise to the top, just enough to mix expected poignancy with a simple clarity ..
1.5
Aiming to coast by on the goodwill of its stars, this lifeless late September paycheck is charming in intermittent bursts, but it doesnt put in any of .. The Young Folks
4.5
We see one quick, abortive beatdown, and then much cheering and congratulating afterward.) Village Voice
1.5
In selecting Greg, Melissa and Shynika, Cohn hedged his bets and ended up succeeding in telling a largely positive story about American poverty; if yo .. Film Inquiry
4.0
If you want something you have never had, you have to do something you have never done, says one of the three high school dropouts, whose journey this ..
4.0
It may surprise you to find that rage and hope can happen simultaneously in your mind, but Andrew Cohns documentary Night School will show you how tha .. Flim Threet
2.0
The forgotten men and women deserve a shot and a second chance, even if Night School doesnt offer solutions nor a history of poverty in Indianapolis. The Film Stage
5.0
Captured the Heartland Film Festivals prize for Best Documentary Feature.
4.5
Teddy ends up being a successful barbecue grill salesman, with a great girlfriend, Lisa (Megalyn Echikunwoke), a successful designer, a shiny new Pors .. Ign
3.1
Andrew Cohns observational style is worthy of praise ... but unlike the Black Lives Matter movement alluded to in the film, his approach is ultimately .. Awards Circuit
4.5
A wonderfully trenchant and moving doc about three souls in search of a diploma. Film Journal International ..
3.5
Nevertheless: Had this spectacle given my daughter no thrill at all The Nation
4.5
Better yet, see Moscow Never Sleeps at the Village East Cinema, a film that demonstrates what a great inspiration Moscow has been for OReilly. Louis Proyect
3.0
Cohn gives full attention to both the personal and systemic aspects of struggles. Playback:stl
4.5
Nothing seems staged or manipulative here. All of these moments emerge organically and feel achingly real, reminding us of the magic in documentary fi .. Nuvo
3.0
An honest, feel good look at the ambition of three former dropouts determined to earn a full scale high school diploma. Compuserve



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