Each of the heroes represents a different high school type: popular babe (Jordana Brewster), picked-on geek (Elijah Wood), goth girl (Clea DuVall), sensitive jock (Shawn Hatosy), new kid in town (Laura Harris), and bad-boy rebel (Josh Hartnett). The plot isn't much--a basic kill-or-be-killed premise spiked with a healthy shot of paranoia--but Willliamson and Rodriguez do a great job of building the tension slowly but surely. The suspense set pieces are genuinely frightening, and the film pokes fun at itself without deflating its scares; Williamson is a master at shifting gears from comedy to horror quickly and adroitly. The young cast doesn't have a weak link among them (with special kudos to Wood, DuVall and heartthrob-in-the-making Hartnett), and Rodriguez gets maximum mileage from the titular faculty, which includes Jon Stewart, Piper Laurie, Salma Hayek, Bebe Neuwirth, and Robert Patrick of Terminator 2. Go to the head of the class, Mr. Williamson. --Mark Englehart
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Despite the F-bomb...it rocks for a classroom
AS an educator, I'm a stickler about kids swearing around me... and for that matter, teachers swearing around students. Despite all that, this is a great story for Middle School and High School. The kids are the only ones smart enough to save the world. The opening segment (before the credits even start) grabs the kids and doesn't let them go until the end. I explain to the kids that there is plenty of swearing and as long as they're cool about it...we can watch it. Pretty soon, it isn't even an issue. They've all heard language like that...I've heard language like it...and back in the day it was filmed, everyone wanted that "R" rating, so I think they were pretty heavy handed on the F-bomb. It's all about the story...Good vendor, I picked a movie that was not all that great.
Movie came quick, was in great shape. Plot was really trite; not vendors fault. would use again.The Perfect Film?
I recently watched this film again for the 5th time and to my surprise, it hasn't lost any of it's wit, charm or scare factor. I've seen hundreds of films in my life and this one ranks right up there with the best of them. Why? "The Faculty" clicks on all levels. It acomplishes what the filmakers set out to do and even surpasses those goals in some instances (the actors are Oscar calliber, seriously). For some reason it's become a forgotten film. I would think by now more people would have discovered this little gem. This film surprised me the first time I saw it (in the theater where I don't think it did so well) and continues to surprise me to this day. I've tried but I can't locate any flaws. It could very well be (dare I say it) the perfect film.Really Good Alien Film
High school students vs alien faculty -- ya can't go wrong.
Good script and good acting.
Five Stars for Laura Harris' swim scene at the end.This is as good as any snatcher movie.
The formula is the classic; someone is being "alienated." Naturally someone wants to put a "bug" in your ear as to which the person(s) is/are. Time is running out to find out what the problem is and how to correct it. As always the first to go is the authorities.
All right you have seen it a million times and even the characters in the movie refer to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1956) [see my review] and "The Puppet Masters" (1994). However it is not the plot but the carrying out of the plot or action that makes the movie. I was amazed to find this movie so professionally portrayed in the era of ersatz teenybopper knockoffs like "Sleepy Hollow"
The characters were well chosen to portray the different Faculty and student types.
Where have we seen Coach Willis (Robert Patrick) before? Can you say "Terminator Two"?
Laura Harris is from Canada and this is Ohio so what doses that make her? (An Al...)
You can not beat the descriptive names given to the characters.
The movie is just down right fun and has a lot of "Don't do that" scenes makes you want to kibitz.
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This hip and edgy thriller from the director of FROM DUSK TILL DAWN and the writer of SCREAM and SCREAM 2 sizzles with a hot young cast including Elijah Wood (THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy), Josh Hartnett (PEARL HARBOR), and R&B superstar Usher Raymond! When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left -- an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds, and jocks -- to save the world from alien domination! Also starring Robert Patrick (TERMINATOR 2), Famke Janssen (X-MEN), and Jon Stewart (TV's THE DAILY SHOW) in a great cast -- don't miss the unstoppable excitement of this unpredictably smart and scary hit!Amazon.com
Okay, you knew everyone in high school was just a little different: everyone looked at you strangely, the teachers were freaky, and you never could find the right groove to fit into. What if it turned out that it was all because your school was inhabited by creepy aliens from outer space? That's the enjoyably cheesy B-premise for this fun and scary flick from the pen of Scream's Kevin Williamson, the master of the post-modern teen horror film. Directed by Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi), it's The Breakfast Club meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, as six disparate students from Herrington High School band together when they discover that an alien life form is invading both the student and faculty bodies, with plans to take over the world.
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