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Taste attributes: dramacrimefresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticgrittycomplex relationshipfighting evilsocial commentary
"Which side will you be on?"
Boxlist takeHeavy and realistic: an inventive drama, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.1 /10
TMDB · 246 votes
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. But three Lower Sixth students, leader Mick Travis, Wallace and Johnny decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Directed by
- Lindsay Anderson
Cast
- Malcolm McDowell
- Richard Warwick
- David Wood
- Christine Noonan
- Rupert Webster
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1968
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Paramount
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











