Movie Review: "Detention"

Before I'd even watched this film, it intrigued me for several reasons: the main reason being that I couldn't believe I had never heard of it before. Even after finding out about the movie, it still took several months for me to find a copy of the film to view. The second bit of intrigue came from the fact that Zelda Williams -- daughter of Robin Williams -- 'starred' in the film, and I wanted to see if she could pass as 'attractive.'

Well, I learned a few things from this movie... First-off: even though the cast was made up of several fairly recognizable actors and actresses -- all of whom gave great performances -- and the plotline was original, the movie actually fell-flat. I cannot place why exactly this movies was so lackluster to me. Zelda Williams gave a wonderful performance and even looked very sexy as the troubled goth girl. In-truth: all of the cast were great in their roles. Unfortunately, it was that a very good premise and even-better cast were flatlined by a screenplay that seemed to not make sense. The movie hit a lull in the middle (where the most revealing details should have been held) and seemed to only focus on the disbelief by the characters that this was really happening. I am a stickler for type of thing, because I am watching a horror movie... I can believe it happened -- I was sure it would happen! Dwell on the disbelief for a moment or two, but don't make the entire inner-flesh of the story about characters' surprise at the occurrence of paranormal killings!

All-in-all: given the unrefined script and a fairly-awful editing job, I approve of this movie for a good day-off waste of time. The film was saved, only, by the wonderful characters and the actors portraying them.