Expelled (2014) Reviews

• Felix tries too hard to be Ferris

  isap972015-07-16

  I'm just going to go right ahead and tell you not to waste your time with this. It tries to be some sort of tribute to Hughes' Ferris Bueller's Day Off (FBDO), but instead it is a terrible TERRIBLE attempt at copying it. Felix? Seriously? They couldn't even find a name that wasn't so similar to Ferris. It was obvious from the very first sequences that the concept is basically the same, I mean come on, popular kid; the principal is the "villain"... The Skype call? That's like when Ferris uses his computer to alter the amount of absences he's had in the school's system. Addressing the audience is FBDO's trademark, so to speak. I could go on, but there's no point. If you want to watch an irreverent teen movie that's actually funny and original, watch Ferris Bueller's Day Off, OK? Not this pseudo-comedy.

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• Very Bad

  calebchase2015-08-22

  Im sorry but this movie was just downright awful. The acting sucked, Cameron should just stop acting because hes just terrible. The jokes were terrible. The only actually good actor in this movie was Matt Shivley. Awesomeness TV has produced some way better movies like "The Smosh Movie" but this just sucked. The story was just very dumb and un-original. I don't recommend seeing this movie at all, but Im so glad I didn't pay for it. I had very low expectations for this movie and they met them! Id hate to say it but Dragonball:Evolution was a better movie than this. So all in all this movie was horrible do not watch it. Id wrather watch db evolution 59 billion times over.

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• This movie was so bad it gave me gingivitis (spoilers?)

  conflictdiamond-real2015-02-21

  Not only was this movie poorly made, with zero real acting ability on display, it was also a ripoff. This was nothing more than a cheap, low-effort remake of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, directly copying multiple scenes right down to the "bit" of Dressing Up Like Daddy to get him out of school to continue the shenanigans elsewhere. Practically every line was delivered with a dull-eyed wooden consistency that made me wonder at first if it was a YouTube prank video, but alas I eventually came to the sinking conclusion that grown people with jobs and responsibilities actually paid valid U.S. currency to witness this cinematic abortion in the theater. There are two types of crime under U.S. Common Law - those which are Malum Prohibitum (illegal because they violate arbitrary regulations) and Malum In Se (illegal because they are evil in and of themselves). This movie is Malum In Dumbass, because not only is it cheap, unoriginal, poorly crafted, lazy, boring, and annoying, it's also just plain stupid. If you step back and review the entire story in and of itself, you can't help but recall the "hero" delivering the line "Have you ever stopped and looked at your plan and thought WOW, AM I DUMB!?!" Well, maybe the director should have thought of that.

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• Bad. Very bad. Really truly awful.

  wesleychien2014-12-28

  This movie is an absolute affront to both society, and good taste as a whole. The "Vine Star" cast turns in a predictably bad performance but to their credit they adhere to their traditional format, there are about 6 seconds of good acting in the entire film. Do not, under any circumstance, watch this movie. It seems like a middle school English class tried to rewrite Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but their teacher gave them the added parameter that the term "butthole" had to be used 15 times. The main character's brother turns in an atrocious Jim Carrey impression. Perhaps the movie would've benefited from a cast of real actors, but the producer who decided to use internet "celebrities" in lieu of trained actors greatly underestimated the public's palate for terrible acting. 1/10, and that's generous.

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• Cameron Dallas makes Vines.....KEEP IT THAT WAY!

  cfstief2015-05-04

  I didn't even want to watch this movie in the first place. I was supposed to be seeing the new Avengers, but no one wanted to go. So, we stayed home and watched Netflix and everything was fine until this came on! I sat through the entire film and waited for something good to happen, and that never came. The actors, especially Dallas, are about as interesting as a couple of bricks, the plot is inconsistent, as well as certain characters, Dallas constantly breaks the fourth wall, which gets annoying after a while, and then there's the ladders. The ladders make the most inconsistent appearances in the movie because IT'S NEVER SHOWN HOW THEY GET THEM AND WHY EVERYONE HAS ONE! WHY?! WHY?! The parents in the film are extremely dumb as well. They are not very interesting and are stupid enough to believe their son's lies. Aside from that fact, the biggest issue for me was the lesson it showed. What I saw from this was that blackmail solves all your problems. No, really! By sabotaging the dean of students, he was able to get back in school. Basically, this was stupid and painful and the only reason this was given so much praise was because Cameron Dallas was in it. If he makes Vines, keep it that way!

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