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Movie reviews The Assassination of a High School President <strong>Movie reviews</strong> this week looks at the suspense thriller The Assassination of a High School President. It stars Reece Thompson as Bobby Funke (he constantly has to remind everyone his name is not "funky" but it doesn't stop anyone from calling him that) and the lovely Mischa Barton (St. Trinians) as Francesca Fachini, the girlfriend of the High School President. Bobby is trying to write a paper for the local school and from it get acceptance into North Western's journalist programme, he first has to get the approval of the head columnist Clara played by Melonie Diaz (Be Kind Rewind) who Bobby also likes, but not as much as he likes the girlfriend of the High School President Patrick Moore played by Paul Taylor, something about this reminds me of "Bart got a room". It turns out someone has stolen the entire schools SAT's from the Principal's locker, Principal Kirkpatrick a former war veteran who doesn't waste anytime reminding the students how patriotic it is to fight for one's country, played hilariously by Bruce Willis (Die Hard). He apparently has a list of the usual suspects, and calls them in, including Bobby, Bobby innocently asks the reason why he has been summoned, to which Principal Kirkpatrick says "for chewing gum". Apparently Principal Kirkpatrick is a stickler about gum chewing, there is a funny scene where Bobby is trying to convey some important information to the Principal, but replies after a much heated conversation with "is that gum in your mouth"? Bobby is given an opportunity to find out who stole the schools SAT's by the Principal, and he sees this as his big chance to get into North Western, if he can identify the thief/thieves with a well written story. Although unrealistic, he takes the role of an investigative journalist, interviewing all the suspects, and they all seem candid, which is a little unrealistic for high school, but that doesn't ruin a great story. There is a well played scene, where Bobby is interviewing the little sister of the High School President, Chrissy Moore played by Gabrielle Brennan, she tells him she will tell him all of Patrick's secrets if he gets her a unicorn, to which he replies unicorns aren't real, and she makes a scowl pointing at she wants one of the unicorn dolls they are surrounded by. In his investigations Bobby inevitably gets the attention of the current High School President's girlfriend, and amazing as it seems she falls for him after his article, much to the surprise of all involved, there is a great scene where he asks her what she sees in him, to which she replies she gets the feeling he would still look at her in the same way if there was no school. He also interviews the Vice-President played by Luke Grimes (Ryan Lafferty in Brothers and Sisters), the half-brother of Francesca, who seems at first to have no problems with Byron going out with his half-sister. It is an interesting story, focusing on the challenges of high school for acceptance, and getting along with those who are popular. It also has a few unforeseen twists and plots that makes it that little bit more interesting, and Bobby gets to find out that not everything is what it seems. Mr D Stevens is a reviewer at http://moviereviews.noskram.com/ <strong>Movie reviews</strong> Keywords: Movie Reviews, film reviews, film review, movies, films, Movie Review, The Assassination of a High School President, Reece Thompson, Mischa Barton, Luke Grimes, Bruce Willis, Melonie Diaz, Paul Taylor, Gabrielle Brennan, comedy, teen, high school, theft, stealing, romance, love, crush Article contains 547 words
