Advantages: Creepy, sinister and intriguing Disadvantages: Potentially disturbing subject matter
...made by Todd Bowden in Apt Pupil. Make no mistakes – Apt Pupil is definitely not your conventional “Whatever happened to…?” Nazi war crime movie. Apt Pupil is a sinister exercise in discovering the definition of true evil that I found particularly unsettling from start to finish.
In Apt Pupil, Brad Renfro stars as Todd Bowden, a 16 year old high school student who develops a sinister fascination with his next door neighbour, ... ...to be horrific and disturbing. Apt Pupil is both, but in an eerie, unsettling way that never uses action. There are no scenes of brutality from the prison camps – it is only the tales told by Mr Dussander and the experiences he retells that provide any insight into the nature of the Germans evil campaign. We see todd appear to be completely unaffected by what he is told, to the contrary, he has plenty of questions such as “How did it ...
LostWitness 14.06.2001 (15.01.2004)
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Advantages: brilliant performance from Ian McKellen Disadvantages: a brutal and disturbing topic!
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*****STORY*****
Apt Pupil is based around two main characters; grade A high school student Todd Bowden, played by Brad Renfro, and Arthur Denker, an elderly man living in Todd’s neighbourhood, played by Ian McKellen. Todd has uncovered a secret about Arthur’s past. His real identity is Kurt Dussander, a Nazi in World War 2 who has been on the run for over 40 years. Instead of contacting the police, Todd blackmails ... ...all of the stories from the Nazi camp in World War 2. Not too comfortable with the situation, Arthur reluctantly goes ahead with the deal.
The stories start to take over Todd’s thoughts, and visions of gas chambers and death haunt him. His concentration starts to lack at school, but Todd is too scared to tell his parents when his grades start to slip. Arthur helps him get back on track, and as a result, they both have information on each other ...
Jac09 26.07.2002
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If you don't believe in the existence of evil you have a lot to learn. Ian McKellen and ... more
Brad Renfro star in a dark drama about a sixteen-year-old honour student who recognises an old man living in his hometown as a hunted Nazi. Compelled to reveal th...
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16-year-old high school student Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro - Sleepers, The Client) has ... more
uncovered a deadly secret. Far from suspicion, Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander (Ian McKellan - Gods and Monsters) has been quietly living in Todd's hometown. Fascinat...
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
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