Think Heathers without the bite. The five factions in charge of the various vices at the prestigious Haldwell School gather ‘round a meeting table — complete with artfully mismatched chairs — located in the middle of a forest glade. How silly. Selah (Lovie Simone) remains under suspicion for the manner in which she treated a former member of the Spades. So when it comes time for her to take an underclasswoman under her wing to serve as her pet (a superb Celeste O’Connor), one senses an impending call for history to repeat itself. But there isn’t any real sense of what it’s like to be a student at the pretentious institution. The only educator in view is Headmaster Banton (Jesse Williams), an authority figure who has just slightly more on the ball than does Bayside’s Mr. Belding. And there are enough canted angles and surplus space to fill an aircraft hangar. There’s a way to make anything work, but Selah doesn’t quite find it. At least it didn’t end in psycho-sexual thrills or unnecessary violence. (2019) — Scott Marks
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