Good cast and mostly good story (gimme a break with Carlyle's uncanny persistence) unfortunately paired with some really obnoxious direction and editing.

I couldn't buy the staff's utter obliviousness. And the idea that a bunch of old people aren't going to immediately amd comstantly complain about things they dislike is thoroughly ludocrous.

Incredibly effective at creating discomfort. Maybe too effective. Lengthy shots of the high-school protagonist showering, bathing & rubbing one out don't provide anything of substance.

And something that rang totally false to me was a male bully making physical threats to a girl the way he would another guy. But maybe that's a thing. Ice rink prom, on the other hand, is a liability insurance nightmare that can't possibly be legit.

The skate-off was unintentionally hilarious.

I wish I could say this movie did something new with the careful-what-you-wish-for and dual-persona narratives. Then it might have balanced out the flaws.

Some good performances, location scouting & cinematography, though.

This is, ittedly, a clumsy movie with clumsy lore. But it's creative and fun with some cool concepts, some inspired visual flourishes and a Queen soundtrack. And where else, I ask you, can you get a Belgian playing a Scot and a Scot playing an Egyptian Spaniard?

I adore it.