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The Faculty (1998)

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Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 23

Rip-off of other sci-fi thrillers.

Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4

Rip-off of other sci-fi thrillers.

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Movie Info

Miramax Films darlings Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Kevin Williamson teamed up for a high-school alien-horror film that they described as The Breakfast Club meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Dilapidated Herrington High is the location for a story about a school faculty taken over by outer-space creatures, forcing the students to take charge and kick some alien butt. School faculty members (Robert Patrick, Bebe Neuwirth, Salma Hayek, and Jon Stewart) are infested with rapidly reproducing

R, 2 hr.

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror

Directed By: Robert Rodriguez

Written By: Kevin Williamson

In Theaters: Dec 25, 1998 Wide

On DVD: Jun 15, 1999

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Cast

Michelle Holmes
student
Famke Janssen
Miss Elizabeth Burke
Piper Laurie
Mrs. Karen Olson
Christopher McDonald
Mr. Frank Connor
Bebe Neuwirth
Principal Valerie Drake
Elijah Wood
Casey Connor
Laura Harris
Marybeth Louise Hutchin...
Robert Patrick
Coach Joe Willis
Salma Hayek
Nurse Rosa Harper
Summer Phoenix
Shawn Hatosy
Stan Rosado
Jon Stewart
Mr. Furlong
Josh Hartnett
Zeke
Clea DuVall
Stokely 'Stokes' Mitche...
Usher Raymond
Gabe Santora
Jordana Brewster
Delilah Profitt
Harry Knowles
Water Guy
Jamke Janssen

Critic Reviews for The Faculty

All Critics (53) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (24) | DVD (16)

Since the codes of science fiction are different from horror's cant, the patented Williamson method doesn't make a perfect fit with the material; Faculty's fun, but less fun than it could be.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Gary Dauphin

Village Voice

Top Critic

Just whiskers away from being really snazzy, "The Faculty" still manages to make for a fun night out.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Charles Taylor

Salon.com

Top Critic

The Kevin Williamson formula (rewrite familiar horror scenarios and have the characters note the familiarity) has gotten to be a bore, and in this case it makes no sense.

April 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique

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Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

A crappy teen horror movie, but in director Robert Rodriguez's hands it's at least agreeably crappy.

February 3, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

This smart, involving sci-fi picture, set in an Ohio high school, pays homage to several genre faves, notably Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Thing.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

A moviegoer looking for an empty-headed waste of time could do worse.

June 18, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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David Luty

Film Journal International

The sci-fi/horror genre could take a lesson from "The Faculty."

June 5, 2002 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Dwayne E. Leslie

Boxoffice Magazine

...meant to remind us of other fright films, but to little purpose.

April 16, 2002 Comment

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Williamson's take-it-apart-and-put-it-back-together stitchmanship has become an arduous borefest.

March 24, 2002 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

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Tom Meek

Boston Phoenix

The Faculty consistently draws attention to its own ill-joined cracks and seams.

March 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Sight and Sound

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Peter Matthews

Sight and Sound

A decidedly average film with flashes of inspiration.

April 17, 2001 Full Review Source: Film Written Magazine

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Andrew Howe

Film Written Magazine

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This movie is such a cheeseball. It's funny to watch...and it's a good movie. But it's not gonna win any oscars. But hey.... Not all movies have to.

February 6, 2012

Martin Sahlin

Super Reviewer

A disarmingly clever, subversive sci-fi/actioner, The Faculty nonetheless is burdened a bit by being caught in Scream's overwhelming shadow. As some critics have noted, Kevin Williamson's constant dismantling of whatever genre he's operating in offers plenty of surprises at the actual textual level, but on the whole

January 21, 2007

Drew Smith

Super Reviewer

The Faculty Quotes

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1. Casey Connor: (final lines in the movie) Things sure have changed, haven't they?
– Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
1. Coach Joe Willis: (menacingly) Would Miss Drake please report to the Principal's Office?
– Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
1. Zeke: You both take the drug.
2. Casey Connor: (already high) Ohh, showdown!
– Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
1. student: (about more drugs) You got any more?
2. Zeke: (hides the drugs in his pocket) Not on me, man.
3. student: What about in your locker?
4. student: How about in your car? Got any more there?
5. Zeke: Use in moderation, boys.
6. student: Come on, Zeke. Hook us up.
– Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
1. Zeke: (to Marybeth) So, if anyone finds us in here, just grab a hold of me and pretend we're making out. The punishment is less severe.
– Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)