Bad Education

Sky Premiere HD, 1.45pm

Sex ●●● Violence ●●● Language ●●●

This razor-edged movie tells the outrageous true story of a scandal involving the embezzlement of school funds. A superlative Hugh Jackman plays school district superintendent Frank Tassone, a charmer of an educator who is aided by his second-in-command Pam Gluckin (Allison Janney). When an accounting discrepancy crops up, though, it seems Gluckin has been a committing fraud. What occurs next is simply extraordinary, and director Cory Finley handles the material with a sure, deft hand. Also on Monday. 2019, 15, 108MIN

THE SUMS WEREN’T ADDING UP FOR HUGH AND ALLISON