Expelled (2014 film)

Summary
When Felix is expelled because of his third strike, he and his friends do whatever it takes to hide his expulsion from his parents.

Why It’s Expelled

 * 1) The story is rather dull and really rips off Ferris Buller's Day Off. Felix breaks the fourth wall just like Ferris, and talks about what he's going to do and what's at stake for him. Also, his parents don't have any idea that he's not in school! The only difference is that Felix was kicked out of school completely.
 * 2) Felix is an extremely unlikable protagonist. He is shown to be lazy, and a full time prankster. In addition, he never took any pride in his schoolwork, which resulted in him doing poorly. He also breaks several rules in the building, and shockingly, many people in school highly despise of Felix. Based on all that, he was never bright at high school.
 * 3) Most of the things that Felix does to hide his expulsion from his parents, doesn't make any sense at all. One big example is him getting expelled in the first place. He pulls the fire alarm, rides his bike home, just in time to mock his mom's voice, when he called her phone to explain Felix's expulsion. In real life, the parent would be called down the school, and pick up the child. Another example is when he panics and takes off on his bike after his mother asks about his grades. Then, he returns that night and he tricks his parents into thinking that he was in a school play. By listening to how he spoke, you can clearly tell that he's lying and his parents should have already know that he's hiding something from them. Instead, because they're so naive, they buy it and don't suspect a thing anymore about the play.
 * 4) Although Felix's acquaintances are not exactly as hatable as him, they aren't all that better.
 * 5) *Danny, his friend is a kind of a wimp and just like Felix, he doesn't really do that well in school either.
 * 6) *Vanessa, his ex-girlfriend is too embarrassed to be seen around Felix and was very reluctant in helping him in the first place. Also, she insisted on beating Stacy to death, in order for Vanessa to win class president. While Stacy was a real cyberbully and a stereotypical mean girl, it doesn't serve Vanessa any justice to want to end Stacy's life. This can actually make her sadistic.
 * 7) *Katie, while kind-hearted and probably the most likable character in the film, her personality can come off quite cheesy, as she falls in love with Felix so easily. Also, their romance seemed to be quite forced, as there wasn't much build up to how they become a couple.
 * 8) *Ben, Felix brother is shown to be a much bigger troublemaker than Felix and many of his actions tends to backfire, because he gets caught much more easily than his brother, hence is the reason for why he was shipped off to boarding school. Plus, how was he able to trick the cop into believing that he's Felix's dad? His fake mustache looks simple, it would have given him away!
 * 9) The principal is shown to be a dishonest man as he steals money from the school to play online Blackjack.
 * 10) In the climax, the students try to blackmail the principal. While the principal did commit a far more serious crime, unfortunately the students also broke the law! Danny hacked into the principal's laptop and recorded everything that was going on. Since Felix and Katie were on board with Danny, that makes them his accomplices. Sure, the judge would have to see evidence in order to convict the principal of theft. The problem is, an unauthorized hacking into someone else's computer comes with other charges, as none of them had permission to hack into his laptop. This means that, Felix and his friends could have possibly be pressed down with big fines themselves! That is if they are tried as adults.
 * 11) In fear of being arrested, the principal lies about everything regarding Felix's actions and even goes as far to say that his straight A's report card was accurate!

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) At the end of the film, Felix gets re-enrolled at the school and he finally starts to play by the rules.
 * 2) While Vanessa isn't the best character in the film, she was very down to earth, and she actually meant well, when she refused to help Felix with faking his report card. She admitted to Felix that he's a cheater and that in order to get far in life, he has to put in the work. In other words, he can't just expect things to be given to him, without working for it.
 * 3) While Danny is kind of a wimp, he has all the right to be afraid of getting arrested and in trouble because he's covering up Felix's actions.
 * 4) The part where Danny is frightened by Felix sneaking up on him, is admittedly hilarious. Another funny part is when he gives Felix a pizza slap!
 * 5) Regardless of how jacked up the message is, the film can teach the viewers one good lesson that trying to cheat in life will never get you ahead.
 * 6) This movie can be considered to be so bad it good.

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