Apt Pupil

Ann Dowd, Brad Renfro, Bruce Davidson

A boy blackmails his neighbour after suspecting him to be a Nazi war criminal.

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59% liked it

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53% liked it

R, 112 min.

Directed by: Bryan Singer

Released: October 23, 1998

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DVD Released: April 13, 1999

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  • April 24, 2009
    Apt Pupil has some really great ideas and some fascinating characters. It's a shame that the script doesn't revel in it's strengths. Renfro and McKellen make a fearsome double act. They have great chemistry, each taking turn as mentor and student. The balance of power shifts ofte... ...( read more )
  • March 19, 2009
    Not a review:

    This was one of those 90s movies that I found quite intriguing and yet very disturbing when I was a kid. I just saw it again on tv the other day and just realized how many good actors were in this movie, at that time some of them were just starting out. I th... ...( read more )
  • October 25, 2008
    There's something about the idea of evil genuises that I really really like. And when they're paired in mutually parasitic, symbiotic and antagonistic relationships, all the better. The changing leverage that both characters have over each other is fascinating, and all other char... ...( read more )
  • June 27, 2008
    Great film. McKellen and Renfro give spectacular performances.
  • January 4, 2008
    Powerful and chilling.
  • June 22, 2009
    Por que no me acordaba de esta peli!! es bien rarita,, me gustan el manejo de la insinuación, una de esas pelis no muy grandes pero que sin duda marcan.

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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

When bodies are buried in cellars and cats are thrown into lighted ovens, the film reveals itself as unworthy of its subject matter. full review

January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Brought off with such skill and commitment that there isn't any time to snicker at its obviousness! full review

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  • samjohnstone
    March 19, 2007
    so morally whos the worst,a former SS Officer who may or may not have partaken in a few excesses,or a young blackmailer who lampoons the formerly dignified Officer,if I seen him doing that id bash his teeth in

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