Addison Timlin, Alexandra Neil, Anna Maliere

Robert is a young American student at an elite East Coast preparatory school who accidentally captures the death of two classmates on camera. Their lives become memorialized as part of an audio-visual...( read more  read more... ) document intended to speed up the campus-wide healing process. But instead, the video creates an atmosphere of paranoia and unease among students and teachers.

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Unrated, 2 hrs. 22 min.

Directed by: Antonio Campos

Release Date: May 18, 2008

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  • October 11, 2009
    I really don't want to see Antonio Campos become the poor man's Michael Haneke. He's obviously a talented director, but I fear he confuses stylistic ambiguity for depth. Worth a viewing for some neat inspired moments, but I suggest renting Van Sant's haunting ELEPHANT (2003) to s...( read more)ee similar themes of school violence tackled infinitely greater
  • September 28, 2009
    Looks totally fucked up and overdramatic.
  • September 26, 2009
    One of the most haunting, exciting, thrilling and interesting indie trailers I've ever seen.

    2009's Elephant?

    America's own 2:37?
  • February 11, 2009
    *Berlin Film Festival 09'

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October 2, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Though thin on story, the film shows poise and vision, using bleak cinema-realite techniques with chilling effect. Campos promises to be heard from again. full review

August 21, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

This is a major debut. A dystopic vision, yes; but in comparison with the usual school high-jinks from US cinema - fiercely fresh and corrosively memorable. full review

September 29, 2008
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

Once made ... Afterschool proceeds to regurgitate its thesis with all the grace of a lumberjack leveling a redwood. full review

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