Film Review – Bad Education

“Bad Education” plays like a chiller pulled from the darkest area of a screenwriter’s brain, coming up with tale of personal corruption that’s tightly braided with the American educational system, finding rot, literal and otherwise, within an institution meant to buttress the future. It’s frightening to note that the picture is actually based on a true story, with the saga of Roslyn, New York superintendent Frank Tassone brought to the screen by writer Mike Makowsky (“I Think We’re Alone Now”), who has the delicate task of exploring vain and greedy characters with specific attention to their inner lives. “Bad Education” avoids true crime grittiness to be more understanding with motivations, giving director Cory Finley a chance to portion out the shock value of the story, which creeps along, making critical discoveries about seemingly normal people in a riveting manner. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com