Terrific film which combines documentary realism with 60s anarchy. People who want to send their kids to boarding school after seeing Harry Potter would do well to see this - of course I'm sure some things have changed but maybe not more than you think: petty tyrannies (of senior students as well as teachers), oppressive environment, freezing cold showers and beds, camaraderie, the stench and crappy items, lecherous staff members, obsession with sex, etc. Throw in the fantasies and surrealistic sequences and you've got something special.
Malcolm McDowell is excellent as an insolent student and the support cast are good too - although I'm confused that the girl is there for five seconds during the film then appears at the end. Wonderful anarchic climax though. An incredibly influential movie and deservedly so.
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