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Honor Society’s Not a Typical “Teen Movie” | by Dr. Casey Lawrence | Reviewsday Tuesday | Medium

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A home for reviews of all kinds — reviews of books, movies, venues, products, travel destinations, you name it! Follow publication Member-only story 506 9 Listen Share Honor Rose is going to Harvard. No ifs, ands, buts, or backups: she’s on a mission to get out of her hometown and that means Harvard, even if she has to sabotage her high school’s other top students to have a chance at getting their creepy guidance counselor to call in a favour with his Ivy League connections. Honor Society (2022) starts off as a typical coming-of-age drama. Honor (Angourie Rice) is reminiscent of Cher Horowitz from Clueless, and the plot is not unlike every early-2000s high school movie ever: despite having straight-As, a list of impressive extracurriculars, volunteer experience, and the guidance counselor’s attention (he has a worrying, inappropriate crush on her), there are three people who might get the coveted LOR instead of her, and she needs to take them down. Her competition are the weird brainia

A home for reviews of all kinds — reviews of books, movies, venues, products, travel destinations, you name it! Follow publication Member-only story 506 9 Listen Share Honor Rose is going to Harvard. No ifs, ands, buts, or backups: she’s on a mission to get out of her hometown and that means Harvard, even if she has to sabotage her high school’s other top students to have a chance at getting their creepy guidance counselor to call in a favour with his Ivy League connections. Honor Society (2022) starts off as a typical coming-of-age drama. Honor (Angourie Rice) is reminiscent of Cher Horowitz

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