by Flack » Wed Aug 03, 2022 7:54 am
When high school senior Honor Rose discovers she is one of four students vying for a recommendation to Harvard from her counselor, she launches a plan to sabotage the other three's midterm test grades. Mostly, her plan involves stimulating the other students' social lives and getting them interested in things other than academics. She gets one of the girls, involved in the school's drama department, and a second student distracted by acting in the school's play and coming out of the closet. The final student, a foster dirt bag nerd kid named Michael Dipnicky, is distracted when Honor pretends to take a liking to him.
It's a pretty scumbag thing to do, and unintentionally, Honor ends up improving the lives of her academic opponents. Kennedy, the closet play-writing nerd who has no friends, gets the school to perform her play. Yes, her grades take a hit as she spends more time in the drama department than in study hall, but it makes her a better person. And Travis, the team quarterback who only thinks about sports and grades finds himself coming out of the closet while starring in the school's play. And Michael -- poor, dirty, scumbag Michael -- can't seem to find the time to study for his midterms now that he's head over heels in love with Honor.
Although there are hints along the way, the film takes a turn in the third act. One of the other three students, and it's not tough to figure out which one, has been one step ahead of Honor the whole time. Truths will unravel, and by golly, hearts will be broken.
What a twist!
A lot of things don't work in this movie, including the basic premise that the "only way out of this small town" is by getting a shoo-in recommendation by the school's guidance counselor. The character of the counselor, Mr. Calvin, is one of those creepy dudes who wants to seem cool to the students (he hands out flyers to his acoustic performance at a local coffee shop to students) but he also very badly wants to have sex with Honor. This isn't implied -- like he literally says "I want to sleep with you, but we won't be doing a lot of sleeping." The terribly miscast Mr. Calvin is played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse, better known to the world as McLovin from Superbad. In the movie he seems silly and immature and the seriousness of what he's doing is underplayed. Ultimately he gets his comeuppance in a student-driven revenge plot, but not in a "hey let's forward this to the police" way.
To moral of
Honor Society, I think, is that it's okay to remain in your hometown and forget your dreams.
Honor Society is currently streaming on Paramount+, but don't waste your time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4z67u7TNFY
When high school senior Honor Rose discovers she is one of four students vying for a recommendation to Harvard from her counselor, she launches a plan to sabotage the other three's midterm test grades. Mostly, her plan involves stimulating the other students' social lives and getting them interested in things other than academics. She gets one of the girls, involved in the school's drama department, and a second student distracted by acting in the school's play and coming out of the closet. The final student, a foster dirt bag nerd kid named Michael Dipnicky, is distracted when Honor pretends to take a liking to him.
It's a pretty scumbag thing to do, and unintentionally, Honor ends up improving the lives of her academic opponents. Kennedy, the closet play-writing nerd who has no friends, gets the school to perform her play. Yes, her grades take a hit as she spends more time in the drama department than in study hall, but it makes her a better person. And Travis, the team quarterback who only thinks about sports and grades finds himself coming out of the closet while starring in the school's play. And Michael -- poor, dirty, scumbag Michael -- can't seem to find the time to study for his midterms now that he's head over heels in love with Honor.
Although there are hints along the way, the film takes a turn in the third act. One of the other three students, and it's not tough to figure out which one, has been one step ahead of Honor the whole time. Truths will unravel, and by golly, hearts will be broken. [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LGu1sOvxYs]What a twist![/url]
A lot of things don't work in this movie, including the basic premise that the "only way out of this small town" is by getting a shoo-in recommendation by the school's guidance counselor. The character of the counselor, Mr. Calvin, is one of those creepy dudes who wants to seem cool to the students (he hands out flyers to his acoustic performance at a local coffee shop to students) but he also very badly wants to have sex with Honor. This isn't implied -- like he literally says "I want to sleep with you, but we won't be doing a lot of sleeping." The terribly miscast Mr. Calvin is played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse, better known to the world as McLovin from Superbad. In the movie he seems silly and immature and the seriousness of what he's doing is underplayed. Ultimately he gets his comeuppance in a student-driven revenge plot, but not in a "hey let's forward this to the police" way.
To moral of [i]Honor Society[/i], I think, is that it's okay to remain in your hometown and forget your dreams.
[i]Honor Society[/i] is currently streaming on Paramount+, but don't waste your time.