My Old School

Rather boring as it could all be condensed Into 30 - 45 minutes. The film producer and his fellow classmates were obviously enjoying themselves retelling the story. As there is not 90 minutes worth of story it was very repetitive. The first hour was like a teaser until the supposed big reveal. As if we hadn't guessed? The animation was poor, irritatingly so, I don't know why the film makers didn't either use better quality graphics or actors. My recommendation is don't watch it just google the main character and you'll read all there is in about 5 minutes. It's not even a very interesting story - certainly not as jaw dropping as we are lead to believe at the start of the film.

A potential serious story is made extremely funny by the pupils that experienced it. The way the documentary is shot is different to others of the same nature and helps the viewer experience all forms of emotions throughout. Plenty of laugh out loud moments!

For the material, this could have been a quirky, interesting 1 hour documentary. Instead, they stretched it to almost two hours by presenting a lot of information that was irrelevant and went nowhere. About halfway through the movie, they actually started REPEATING NUMEROUS SCENES! Rehashing the same information and interviews from earlier in the film! In an already marginally interesting film, this was torture!

I do feel sorry for the individual that this film is based upon. It's almost a nothing story really and only in the UK and Scotland would the events of his rather tortured life be a scandal.

People live their lives and dreams in a myriad of ways. This documentary is the story of one such person. A young man with a dream who re-invented himself to achieve a goal that was only possible by doing so. With the help of his mother they conspired a fake identity - for no malicious reason and not due to any dark history- to help him achieve his life dream.

This is a unique film that includes a bizarre range of styles, including animation. More than the actual story...which normally wouldn't justify a film, it is the techniques of the production that real you in and keep you real. It's a strange but entrancing ride. Highly recommended- I doubt you've seen anything like it.

I hope the central character found eventual happiness. There is a sadness in the telling of his story.

This is a very fun and fair documentary about an interesting case, a real-life 'Never Been Kissed'. The story is told cleverly, revealing new twists and angles to things you were told earlier in the movie. Since the main subject agreed only to an oral interview, the filmmaker hired the brilliant Alan Cummings to provide a face to lip-synch the words of the main subject --- so well done you don't even notice that it is lip-synching.

Recommended.