
High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?... (Full plot summary below)
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High school student Paula Carson's affections are being sought after by two of her classmates: Dwight, the "bad boy", and Brian, a disturbed young man who has just been released from a mental hospital where he was committed following the suspicious death of his father. Soon after being released, more murders start happening. Is Brian back to his old tricks, or is Dwight just trying to eliminate the competition?
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| San Francisco ChronicleJudy StoneGrounded in a good cause but never puffed up or preachy, the father-daughter drama transcends the issues. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzProbably best appreciated by stoners and former truants. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonApted gives this smarter-than-average script a slick look and expertly develops suspense. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe screenplay by Carolyn Shelby, Christopher Ames and Samantha Shad contains dialogue scenes so well-heard and written it's hard to believe this is a Hollywood movie, with Hollywood's tendency to have characters underline every emotion so the audience won't have to listen so carefully. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottWinning performances by Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and potent direction by Michael Apted pump life into the sturdy courtroom drama formula once again. |
| The A.V. ClubKatie RifeA distinctly tongue-in-cheek slasher made in the autumn of the genre’s popularity, Rospo Pallenberg’s (EXCALIBUR) Cutting Class is a lavishly mounted and self-aware take on the genre’s best loved tropes. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovDirector Apted has somehow managed to take one of the most contrived plots I've ever seen and make it seem, if not original, then at least way above average. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyClass Action won't put you to sleep. Yet it vanishes from the memory as fast as anything dreamed in the conventional manner. |
| Baltimore SunStephen HunterGene Hackman is excellent when he isn't overdoing his patented nice-guy routine. |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe liberal pieties underlying the script become so simplistic and predominant that they ultimately deprive the characters and the story of the density and edge they might have had. |