BAD EDUCATION
Director: Cory Finley
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Annaleigh Ashford, Ray Romano, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff
You should be able to trust your teachers and their administrators. They hold powerful positions shaping our children’s lives. It then becomes all the more shocking when scandals hit our innocent schools. That very thing happened in the Roslyn schools of Long Island, NY. Dr. Frank Tassone (Jackman) was a beloved superintendent. Everyone turned to him for help due to his calm, friendly demeanor. He’s the last person you would ever expect to get caught embezzling money from his schools. He didn’t act alone as assistant superintendent Pam Gluckin (Janney) was also guilty. She was the first one to be caught in the act. Dr. Tassone acted as if she was alone in the crime, but it was a student journalist writing a piece for the school paper who realized how deep he was equally involved.
Here’s my review