Digital Date
April 25, 2020 (HBO Max)
DVD Release Date
September 8, 2020 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Cory Finley
Writer
Mike Makowsky
Cast
Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Ray Romano, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff
Studio
Running Time
103 minutes
MPA Rating
Unrated
Inspired by true events, Bad Education stars Academy Award nominee Hugh Jackman and Academy Award winner Allison Janney. The story follows Frank Tassone (Jackman) and Pam Gluckin (Janney) who reign over a popular Long Island school district on the verge of the nation’s top spot, spurring record college admissions and soaring property values. But when an embezzlement scheme surfaces that threatens to destroy all they’ve built, Frank is forced to maintain order and secrecy —... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Not only has quarantine shut down theaters and moved the advent of major releases to the end of time, it has made it harder to discern the good from the bad that is making its way directly to streaming. While the line between “what is good enough for theaters” and “direct to video” has blurred considerably in recent years, there is still a degree of reason, statistically speaking, to asking nagging questions such as “Why is a movie starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney on HBO and not waiting to hit theaters in November for an Oscar run?”
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