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Apt Pupil

1998Movie1 h 47 minR2 awards

DramaThriller
58
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.7Letterboxd3.2/5Metacritic536.6Rotten Tomatoes54%56%
58
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb6.7Letterboxd3.2/5Metacritic536.6Rotten Tomatoes54%56%

Summary

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults

Skip it if

  • You need an uplifting mood
  • You want fast pacing

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Fingerprint

  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Breaks your heart.
  • Gets under your skin.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Adaptational Nice Guyin 1,276 titlesAlthough he is still a Jerkass obsessed with Nazi crimes in both versions, Todd is a lot less nasty in the film version than he is in the novella.Hollywood Military UniformRare · in 6 titlesIn-Universe example where Todd gets Dussander, an actual SS officer in hiding, a replica uniform and blackmails the Nazi Grandpa into wearing it.All 14 tropes

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