The Student

This movie made me angry. It seems to me , that if Professor Willis had come down from her high horse , then maybe Vance could have been given the guidance and attention that he clearly needed , because he was an exceptional student , with great potential .

Instead , she obsessed with him , and focused on her own past experience , which should have taught her a valuable lesson , ( obviously not ), and then perhaps there would not be 2 dead people at the end of this movie .

Just because Vance came from " the wrong side of the tracks " , does not make him a " bad one " , but Professor High and Mighty could not see past her own obsession with " ethics" , and because of her incompetence , Vance's talent was wasted .

Awful film , with a terrible message .

Like reading a story in Ellery Queen's mystery magazine, not Shakespeare, but entertaining none the less.

As is the usual, there are moments that stretch belief, but hey, it's just a TV movie, so just enjoy it as such.

Michael Blake does a good job as the villain...good looking with an icy cold stare. If I was a teacher and had a student like him, I'd switch professions!

The movie overall was a little better than I thought it would be, however it was slightly predictable as this sort of story line has been covered before.

Acting,story,directing are all atrocious. Very unconvincing and poorly directed.

This is a bad and cheap TV movie. I thought I was watching a Russian film with the same title but it was this one. The script is just terrible. An example, it opens with the first day of class at the university. The professor asks a question and the student answers it perfectly. So the professor tells him "I hope you're not one of those who relies on his good looks and charm to pass*. Like this it has many other memorable moments that actually had me bursting out laughing.

At no point does the movie try to be good. It's presented as what it is. So you know crazy things will happen and actually have fun sitting through them. I must say one of the few good things of the movie was the lead actress. She was able to keep a straight face through the script and act like this could actually happen.