Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

climbingtiger957 Big fan of British horror so really interested in having a look at this one. Its dry and predictable, scenes stretched out to fill in the time, constant flashbacks, 3 minute scene of a girl smoking a fag and lots more the same .ok its not terrible,but it is drawn out .basically 2 teenage lads get there whats for after being a nuisance and basically horrible and one of there tutors set out for revenge .theres a lot of life scenes drawn out in black and white clips with depressing music dripping on in the back.to sum it up I really wouldn't bother because if you're not depressed you bloody will be after watchin this.

redrobin62-321-207311 Man! Talk about a bore fest! I haven't been this bored since timeout in Kindergarten. You all know the story - a psycho teacher decides to teach two of his misbehaving students a lesson even though only one of the students was a miscreant. The other was just having a bad go at life living with his overbearing, obnoxious older brother.Truth be told, he should've been teacher the other misbehaving students in his class "The Lesson." Better still, if after 20 years of hating teaching, why didn't he just move on to something else, like sweeping streets or filing papers in an office somewhere? By the way, the two students in his torture chamber we're being taught "The Lesson," we in the audience are! What did we learn from "The Lesson" boys and girls? We learned to stay clear away from artsy- fartsy preaching, moralizing films because they will bore you to death.

J M IRISH Have read a lot about this film and it's independent, creative,thoughtful persona. Has a docudrama / realist heart , getting down there to the "real"people on the council estates with all these problems (mostly via male emotional betrayal and bullying) that lead to classic alienation from education, culture, love, and playing a positive role in a society (in this film unmentioned in terms of poverty, economic exploitation and inequality). Thus, the effect on the cultured, educated English teacher of these ill cultured crude schoolboys who disrupt and abuse him in his classes is for him to become a vicious, psychotic kidnapper and murderer. And thus rescuing the working class laddo and lassie from their grimness, lifting them into a chocolate box cottage life of Oxbridge culture. Arty rubbish is how I felt watching this mish mash of styles and ideas. This film reminded me of the gymnasium scene from Andersons' "If" where the rebel Mick is beaten into submission and then has to shake the hand of his establishment bully.

justinesweeten If Ken Loach had ever produced a horror film, it would have looked very much like 'The Lesson'. This is a hugely thought provoking film whose portrayal of horror goes so much further and deeper than the scenes of violence. The film is firmly grounded in the real world, our world, with real people dealing with real issues. For the hard core chain saw massacre viewer, the film may take a while to get to the 'horror' scenes - but for me, the horror started from the moment the film began as we witness the appalling way people treat each other and how horrifically society fails them. Ultimately it is hard to say who is the monster and who the victim- in fact the most stomach churning scenes for me involved the domestic violence. Having said that Robert Hands is outstanding as the teacher. His mercurial performance is totally empathetic and mesmeric - at one moment terrifying , the next pathetic. Sign of a great film for me is that it makes you think as you watch it, it makes you think as you discuss it afterwards and it is still making you think days later. This film does that with knobs on.