Honor Society

Honor Society Review - A sharp and wonderfully dark high school comedy

Honor Society, a dark comedy about high school students with honors, opens with the familiar faces of pop feminism.

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The montage recalls the opening scene of Booksmart , another gritty film about teenage girls transgressing.

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Honor has one goal for high school — get out of it — and only one idol: Harvard

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Like Carey Mulligan's Cassie, Honor's every move stems from a demented, single-minded passion.

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The film's taut and brilliant first half sees Honor appraise everything around him with ice-cold scorn.

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A moving second half where Honor begins to feel for the unassuming Michael, even as she and her many spinning plates fall in unexpected directions.

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However, the last third of the film expects Honor to go from borderline sociopathic to apparently earnest

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Honor Society battles to nail the finish and string the needle among sour and sweet, campy and sincere

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Honor Society close on the note that, hey, prestige isn't exactly great, however the twisted, fanged journey to that reality is an unforeseen pleasure

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