Overall: It is a consistently entertaining movie and serves its purpose well. Both Bad Education veterans and newcomers will enjoy it enough.
Good: It is consistently funny with most of them quirky, fun, unique characters from the show. The headmaster, Rosie, his dad, Stephen and of course Joe are some of the fraction that appear in the movie and you don't have to have watched the show to understand it or know the characters. The cinematography is pretty good and the story is actually more filled up than expected. The music is great and emits a much more Party feel so you know you are in for a good time. All the cast from the show reprise their roles and do it beautifully with, I believe, a new edition in Joe's mum who was the standout performer. She gave an edgy, no nonsense feel around her.
Bad: The TV show is 150% funnier and I think the more over- dramatised story of a Cornish Extremist group (Best Line in any movie ever) made the story less humorous than possible in effort to propel the story. The original show had a lot of characters but dealt with them greatly and made each character shine. In this however, the primary and individual traits for each character rarely appear and they have little development in order to strive fourth with new additions.
Best Part: 'You can take our freedom but you'll never take OUR PASTIES!!!!!!'
MVP: Joanna Scanlan as Susan Poulter
7/10
Good: It is consistently funny with most of them quirky, fun, unique characters from the show. The headmaster, Rosie, his dad, Stephen and of course Joe are some of the fraction that appear in the movie and you don't have to have watched the show to understand it or know the characters. The cinematography is pretty good and the story is actually more filled up than expected. The music is great and emits a much more Party feel so you know you are in for a good time. All the cast from the show reprise their roles and do it beautifully with, I believe, a new edition in Joe's mum who was the standout performer. She gave an edgy, no nonsense feel around her.
Bad: The TV show is 150% funnier and I think the more over- dramatised story of a Cornish Extremist group (Best Line in any movie ever) made the story less humorous than possible in effort to propel the story. The original show had a lot of characters but dealt with them greatly and made each character shine. In this however, the primary and individual traits for each character rarely appear and they have little development in order to strive fourth with new additions.
Best Part: 'You can take our freedom but you'll never take OUR PASTIES!!!!!!'
MVP: Joanna Scanlan as Susan Poulter
7/10