History Film / AssassinationOfAHighSchoolPresident

TranquilFury: Principal Kirkpatrick in the end [[spoiler:When he finds out, along with the rest of the school, exactly who the culprits of the whole SAT and Drug problem going on with the school, going as far as telling all involved that they are in "Big fucking trouble".]]

While investigating the theft of his Catholic high school's SAT exams, sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson) uncovers an even bigger conspiracy. But will anyone believe him when he accuses the class president? Director Brett Simon's comic noir co-stars Mischa Barton and Creator/BruceWillis as the unbalanced Principal Kirkpatrick, a shell-shocked [[UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar Desert Storm]] veteran.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Two guys and a girl, in this case. A trio of stoners and troublemakers who assist Bobby in minor ways throughout the movie

%%* {{Nerd}}: Bobby

%%* HelloNurse: The school employs one

* AxeCrazy: Paul eventually snaps and tries to shoot Principal Kirkpatrick and the student council during a pep rally. [[spoiler:It's a paint gun.]]

* FemmeFatale: Francesca. [[spoiler:She was a part of the plot to frame Paul]]

* ShellShockedVeteran: Principal Kirkpatrick

While investigating the theft of his Catholic high school's SAT exams, sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson) uncovers an even bigger conspiracy. But will anyone believe him when he accuses the class president? Director Brett Simon's comic noir co-stars Mischa Barton and Creator/BruceWillis as the unbalanced Principal Kirkpatrick, a shell-shocked [[UsefulNotes/GulfWar Desert Storm]] veteran.

!!Tropes:
* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil
* AllPowerfulBystander: Striedel, the guy fact-checking Bobby's story, who can contact him on any phone and knows about any plot development as soon as it's happened, but who's just TheVoice hassling Bobby for his notes
* AxeCrazy: Principal Kirkpatrick
** Paul eventually snaps and tries to shoot Principal Kirkpatrick and the student council during a pep rally. [[spoiler: It's a paint gun]]
* AmateurSleuth: Bobby Funke
* BerserkButton: Kirkpatrick really hates people chewing gum
* BrattyHalfPint: Chrissy, Paul's sister
* CatchPhrase: "The name's Bobby Funke. I write for the paper"
* CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: Surprisingly, aside from a few MaleGaze moments, underplayed
* FemmeFatale: Francesca. [[spoiler: She was a part of the plot to frame Paul]]
* FilmNoir
* HelloNurse: The school employs one
* JerkAss: Tad, Bobby's rival at the school paper, as well as the Student Council members
* MaleGaze: Bobby does this a few times throughout the movie, mostly at Francesca or Clara
* {{Nerd}}: Bobby
* PopularIsDumb:
** Averted with Francesca and Marlon
** Subverted with Paul who is popular and seems dumb, but consider that he was [[spoiler: good enough to be accepted into Cornell, and only took the UsefulNotes/SATs a second time to see if he could get a better score.]]
* PrivateEyeMonologue

* SpicyLatina: Clara

* TheVoice: Striedel

** Subverted with Paul who is popular and seems dumb, but consider that he was [[spoiler: good enough to be accepted into Cornell, and only took the SATs a second time to see if he could get a better score.]]

Think ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' [[XMeetsY for the teenage set]].

While investigating the theft of his Catholic high school's SAT exams, sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson) uncovers an even bigger conspiracy. But will anyone believe him when he accuses the class president? Director Brett Simon's comic noir co-stars Mischa Barton and Creator/BruceWillis as the unbalanced Principal Kirkpatrick, a shell-shocked [[GulfWar Desert Storm]] veteran.

While investigating the theft of his Catholic high school's SAT exams, sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson) uncovers an even bigger conspiracy. But will anyone believe him when he accuses the class president? Director Brett Simon's comic noir co-stars Mischa Barton and Creator/BruceWillis as the unbalanced Principal Kirkpatrick, a shell-shocked Desert Storm veteran.

While investigating the theft of his Catholic high school's SAT exams, sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson) uncovers an even bigger conspiracy. But will anyone believe him when he accuses the class president? Director Brett Simon's comic noir co-stars Mischa Barton and Bruce Willis as the unbalanced Principal Kirkpatrick, a shell-shocked Desert Storm veteran.

Think Chinatown for the teenage set. While investigating the theft of his Catholic high school's SAT exams, sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Reece Thompson) uncovers an even bigger conspiracy. But will anyone believe him when he accuses the class president? Director Brett Simon's comic noir co-stars Mischa Barton and Bruce Willis as the unbalanced Principal Kirkpatrick, a shell-shocked Desert Storm veteran.

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