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The movie does start off nicely in introducing the general setting of the story. What feels like the first 10 minutes is enjoyable, funny and makes you hope for a nice action movie with a couple of laughs. However, what follows are shallow characters, fight scenes that barely make any sense with in my opinion a bit too shaky/rapid camera movement and an all too predictable story that lacks any suspense or chance to identify with any of the characters.

In the end, what is nice about this movie is recognizing famous actors doing a nice job and that the music is chosen/composed quite well. But this does not help the feeling of having wasted almost two hours of my life.

This movie is funny, though I recommend watching the series first, which may even be necessary to actually enjoy the movie.

The movie in short: The class goes on a trip but of course, nothing goes as expected.

Since the series has many more or less deep characters, the movie cannot compete in terms of character development. While the series contains on average 6 episodes per season at roughly half an hour (way too short for its quality in my opinion), the movie has to cope with introducing the various students and teachers within the first part of the movie. I am not sure if that is enough to really "understand" the situation/background story at "Abbey Grove". The characters may seem a little flat/stereotypical if one has not yet seen the series. Granted, "form K" pretty much has a member of every socio-demographic (?) group in it that I could think of of the top of my head. This makes the series more interesting, may seem a little forced to be funny in the movie.

Regarding the humor in the movie, it is exactly what you would expect after watching the series. It is about the same level of sometimes beneath the belt but makes you laugh more often than cringe.

Personally I am pretty happy with the movies ending. As most people may have experienced, it is an awful feeling when a series that one has really enjoyed watching comes to a close and leaves a feeling of emptiness. "The bad education movie" fills the void that the series left perfectly and at least for me, gives the whole story a finish that I can live and close that chapter with.

I did enjoy the series more than the movie, though it is still a movie I'd recommend.

If you live in the city or spend almost all your time in an office/ your home, this movie might blow you away. The cinematography is absolutely amazing. However, if you regularly spend time outside or go on vacation a lot, I reckon nothing beats reality and this movie will show you little new.

The problem with this movie is its story, which is non existent. While you may argue that about half an hour of the movie is action packed and fun to watch, the overall quality of the plot is just not there. The plot is predictable and to me there was too little time to identify with the characters and feel for them. On a side note: Leo did a great job (as did Tom Hardy) but this is not the type of movie that allows you to win an Oscar for acting.

In conclusion: match your expectations if you want to go see this movie. You will see great cinematography but you wont see anything else.