Apt Pupil (DVD) Reviews

APT PUPIL is an adaptation of a story by Stephen King. King's excellent literary work often makes for bad movies (with the rare exception), and this is a shame. Thankfully APT PUPIL cannot be classed as a 'bad' movie, although it definately can't be considered to be as good as THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION. The film stars Ian ...  Read the complete review

Imagine as a child that you lived next door to a curious-looking old man. Occasionally you would see him sweeping his porch or travelling home on the bus with his walking stick and a bag of shopping. Imagine the feeling of shock that you would feel when one day, whilst studying texts and pictures for your history project you realise that the old ...  Read the complete review

Now that he has shown a disappointing willingness compromise by directing an admittedly entertaining but wholly empty-headed blockbuster ('X-Men'), Bryan Singer can at least put the box office flop that was 'Apt Pupil' out his mind. But the comic strip success of last summer certainly doesn't fit with the three films he made ...  Read the complete review

Stephen King's collection of four short tales Different Seasons is very impressive, as it has spawned The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me and now Apt Pupil, which is a delicate little movie that deals with a heavy subject - Nazis. A boy discovers the old man next door is a Nazi war criminal in hiding, and promises not to turn him in if the ...  Read the complete review

Oddly, given that I have seen some pretty wretched movies over the last couple of years, this film has to have had the biggest walk-out rate of any movie I've been in since 'Naked Lunch'. I mean, by the time the film was over, half the audience was gone. I suppose part of the problem (for the audience) is that 'Apt ...  Read the complete review

Apt Pupil is another Stephen King story based movie but this one is quite good. It is a thrilling drama with a chilling edge throughout with a kind of weird and bleak ending to it all. Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro) is a student at school who favourite subject is history, he is busy researching material about the Nazi Holocaust during the second world ...  Read the complete review