Bad Education

★★★★

COMEDY DRAMA A wildly entertaining real-life tale about embezzlement within a school that was a huge scandal in the US. A superb Hugh Jackman plays school district superintendent Frank Tassone, a charmer of an educator who discovers his second-in-command, Pam Gluckin (Allison Janney), has been dipping her fingers in the school purse. But that is just the beginning... Director Cory Finley handles the wonderful story with a sure, deft hand, and a fine, comic touch. Dir: Cory Finley 2019, 15, 120min