- Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction
- 84 min
- R
In Cradle Bay it doesn’t matter if you’re not perfect. You will be.
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they're a little too perfect. When Steve's rebellious friend Gavin mysteriously joins their ranks, Steve searches for the truth with fellow misfit Rachel.
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Classical in form, grave, contemporary and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Aug 20197/10
***The Stepford Teens, sort of*** When a Chicago family moves to an island in the Puget Sound, Washington, Steve (James Marsden) encounters the usual cliques at his new high school, but there’s something odd about the Blue Ribbon Club, a circle of high-achieving students who get a pass from the police when they screw-up. Nick Stahl plays Steve’s new friend, Katie Holmes a potential girlfriend and Katharine Isabelle his sister. Bruce Greenwood is on hand as a dubious school psychologist. The set-up of “Disturbing Behavior” (1998) is similar to the same in “Twilight” (2008), but there are no vampires and werewolves. I won’t say more about the plot, except that it includes elements of Dr. Frankenstein and “The Stepford Wives” (1975). This isn’t really giving much away as the movie telegraphs everything from the get-go and so is kind of predictable. Yet the Great Northwest locations are spectacular, the cast is good, particularly Marsden and Stahl, and the story is compelling enough. It’s just laden by a been-there, done-that vibe. Still, it’s way superior to the similar “The Faculty” (1998), not to mention more serious. It’s also arguably better than comparable flicks from the time pe
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Cast
- James MarsdenSteve Clark
- Katie HolmesRachel Wagner
- Nick StahlGavin Strick
- Bruce GreenwoodDr. Edgar Caldicott
- William SadlerNewberry
- Chad DonellaU.V.
- Katharine IsabelleLindsay Clark
- Tobias MehlerAndy
- Steve RailsbackOfficer Cox
- Terry David MulliganMr. Clark
Crew
- David NutterDirector
- Scott RosenbergScreenplay
- John S. BartleyDirector of Photography
- Mark SnowOriginal Music Composer
- Randy Jon MorganEditor
- Armyan BernsteinProducer
- Jonathan ShestackProducer
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