Apt Pupil(1998)- User Reviews

Lord of the Rings fan, take your mind off of Gandolf and critics who were highly disappointed with Renfro's performance in Deuces Wild, get your mind off of how badly he sucked- there performances in this film are NOTHING to be compared to their other …more»

Though not one of the most gripping films i have ever watched, Apt Pupil, to me, was still a very good movie. The acting was superb, and seemed to give a great portrayel of the fine line between good and evil and the transformation of going from one …more»

Apt Pupil is actually a pretty decent movie. HOWEVER ... the kid is just seriously *****ed up and really shadows the same rage and hatred as the nazis did. I dont know if its intentional, but, it is pretty evident that the cycle keeps going from the …more»

Stephen King stories are excellent and scary but most of them are not psychollogical, they are just absurd but excellent and effectively scary stories (PET SEMATARY, NEEDFUL THINGS, 1408, etc.) but Stephen King has written a few serious stories and this …more»

That movie is so long and stupid! That boy is also stupid (and psychopatic it looks like). Oh and did I say it was a long and stupid movie?more»

Aside from one decently suspensful and brutal murder scene, this movie is apt to make your pupils hurt...if you can stay awake throughout the film, that is. The filmmakers put in a poor evert to convert King's story to film. Hell, even King's …more»

It helps if you've already read Stephen King's novella of the same name from his 1982 book, "Diffrent Seasons"...APT PUPIL is taken from that, and it is very different from this watered down screen version. However, with that being …more»

This movie starts out good. Seems very interesting than goes straight downhill from there. Somewhere the movie goes off track in my opinion. Well let me say it sorta turns a different corner so to speak. I wanted to know alot more about the main character …more»

this film was a let down. ian did a decent job but the kid was annoying. he was just a pest the whole way through. singer is a good director but the film just didn't work. that schwimmer guy was in it, too, which isn't good either.more»

I hate this movie. I just hate it. I still can't belive Stephen king came up with such crap. The only reason i saw the movie was because stephen king wrote the book which is also terrible.

The story is so boring a kid likes hitler and a person who …more»