Afterschool (2009)

It's an interesting movie, with great acting, especially Ezra Miller, but at same time is really slow, with steering and editing problems and a confusing ending. After all he leaves the feeling it could be something really amazing, but... it's not. Unfortunately, because there was a lot of potential here, with teens and their problems with drugs,masturbation, sex and etc. And how adults can react to it. In the end it's a movie that the people really should see, but you have to be patient and have some free time, too. Ezra Miller is probably the best thing here, his acting fits perfectly well the misunderstood and lonely Robert, probably suffering from depression and other ills and dilemmas so typical to all of us in adolescence.

They should call this movie "School" because the movie was just as boring as it. The Movie was a long slow and boring movie leading up to nothing. It was a complete waste of time. I Do not recommend seeing this movie, it is boring and the so called "TWIST" at the end was not much of a twist at all. The slow shots where things were cut off were really annoying, and I didn't enjoy watching a boy masturbate for no apparent reason for the movie. I also didn't enjoy staring at the back of his head for like an hour. terrible movie, not worth watching, not worth anything, I wouldn't waste 90 minutes of my life on this movie, I recommend watching "You're Next"

I first heard of this on IFC where the director was mentioned in the same breath as Gus Van Want. Really?? This garbage is the most boring film ever made. At first, it was advertised as Van Sant's Elephant, which is one of the best movies I've ever seen. That film was robbed of a best picture Oscar in my opinion. The difference between this film and Elephant is simply direction. Director Campos has created characters we don't care about and puts them in situations so dull and even far fetched if you managed to keep your eyes opened till the very end you've accomplished a lot. Depressing, boring, and manipulative the director here is trying to make you feel like you're watching something of merit in terms of art. How this movie won awards is beyond me. I can only say skip this one because you won't get the running time to watch this garbage back in your life. A complete bore and waste of time.

Ezra Miller is great actor in addition to have grown up to be pretty hot. Anyway, in Afterschool, Miller is a nobody kid at a prep school who accidentally videotapes two popular girls die overdosing on tainted cocaine. As the school goes into damage control trying to shake out all the drugs, Miller starts to act erratically believing he is under surveillance. Surveillance, public image and acts of watching are huge themes in movie. Apparently a lot of people don't care for the slow pace of the story and static camera scenes. I could write a book on why every shot matters. Not for everybody's taste but film students and cinephiles will love it. I think it's brilliant.