"I just want to thank the student who drew the crude caricature of me in the boys lavatory. Although you were kind in your portrayal, I would like it if you kept your talents to the art class."
Paula's (Jill Schoelen) your typical high school girl with boy problems. On one hand, you have school bad boy and basketball star Dwight (Brad Pitt) as her current boyfriend. On the other, you have Brian (Donovan Leitch), your typical teen who's been locked up in a mental hospital for the last five years for killing his father and has just been released trying to win her affection. What's a girl to do? To make things worse, people all around the school begin to turn up dead. All signs point to the crazy boy mentioned above, yet Dwight is becoming seemingly more unhinged by the day as well.
"Cutting Class" is infamous as the movie that was Brad Pitt's first turn as a leading man. Pitt claims this to be his worst movie ever, but I could name several that I would rank below this flick.
Okay...Horror with almost too much Comedy can be a bad idea...Martin Mull was lost in another movie it seemed just so he could deliver that clever line towards the end. And the totally lame basketball action makes "Teen Wolf" look like the NBA. Oh and that water cooler incident is beyond hilarious.
With all that said, I'm a huge fan of Jill Schoelen and Donovan Leitch, so I actually enjoy this movie on occasion. Though Leitch's character must have been a mind reader/time traveler with his ability to appear and disappear on cue.
Let just put it this way....
"I'm the custodian of your f***ing lives!"
[ 04. July 2011, 16:04: Message edited by: Valley ]
Posted by Sammy Reign In Blood Hain (Member # 3150) on :
Never heard of it
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
I have it, I liked it. I have watched every movie Jill Schoelen has ever been in, because I always liked her as an actress.
Posted by x0x0ilymucho (Member # 6772) on :
very odd movie lol its enetrtaining though ;p
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
I haven't seen in a few years, but some of the scenes were graphic if I recall. I probably would have freaked about being in shop class in HS if I saw it when it came out because of some scenes in it.
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Hmmm... interesting. I wonder if this was ever released here in Finland.
Posted by jdocster (Member # 5752) on :
I have it on DVR but haven't watched it yet. I can't remember if I've seen this one. Ether way Jill Schoelen is worth watching it. I liked her in Thunder Alley too...
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
i have to watch this ball of cheese at least every couple of years! i love the movie because i've always loved donovan leitch.
it's definitely entertaining. Posted by There'll be no morning for us (Member # 5804) on :
Thanks for the post Valley. I went ahead and bought it and enjoyed it muchly. Very strange with plenty of thick cheese
This is Helen_S btw incase anyone wondered who's that weirdo Changed me display name to a line from my fave horror, Dracula: Prince Of Darkness.
Posted by oneyedwilly (Member # 8730) on :
im definately going to look into getting this now. I remember seeing it but dont remember a thing about it - does that makes sense?
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
Yes, I have a lot of those haha Posted by The Pyromantic (Member # 7658) on :
this was the 3rd Schoelne movie I ever saw..the first 2 being Babes in Toyland and The Stepfather. So, needless to say, by the time I saw this movie, I already had my wicked crush on Jill. And all this movie did was ignite that crush even higher. Along with being the 3rd movie of Jill's I've seen...I'd also say it's my 3rd favorite in the Schoelene film library; falling just behind The Stepfather & Curse II: The Bite. But this movie is pretty good for what it is..though I think it would have faired much better with a slightly less predictable ending...but, what are you gonna do?
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
I met Jill Schoelen last weekend!! Another convention under my belt! LOL! Nerd alert! I will post pics soon! She was BEYOND awesome! What a nice person. The whole time I'm there thinking, this is the girl from D.C. Cab!?! So cool!! Stay tuned...
Posted by Veronica Sawyer (Member # 2221) on :
Cindy I'm so jealous!! You have to post pics Posted by The Pyromantic (Member # 7658) on :
uhh..yeah..i second that
Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Since we are showing our appreciation for Donovan Leitch.. might as well reboot this thread. Bizarre little movie that I actually enjoy.
Posted by Helen_S (Member # 5804) on :
I'm due a second viewing Posted by Pyro (Member # 7658) on :
Good call Valley..you know i'll gladly reboot my "appreciation" for Schoelen anytime. Posted by Valley (Member # 1322) on :
Pyro .. so what's our next reboot?
"The Stepfather", "Popcorn", "Rich Girl", or "Curse II: The Bite"?
We can kind of do the 'six degrees of Kevin Bacon' and reboot a different movie that has a different actor or actress in it each time.
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