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The Faculty

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The Faculty (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 19  Rotten:16 Average Rating: 5.7/10
 
Consensus: Rip-off of other sci-fi thrillers. Rip-off of other sci-fi thrillers. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Synopsis:
The story of a group of high school students - loners, leaders, hipsters, nerds, brains and jocks - who make the terrifying discovery that their teachers are from another planet. With this knowledge they are forced to band together to save their school and town from alien domination.... [More]
The story of a group of high school students - loners, leaders, hipsters, nerds, brains and jocks - who make the terrifying discovery that their teachers are from another planet. With this knowledge they are forced to band together to save their school and town from alien domination. [Less]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Josh Hartnett, Famke Janssen, Elijah Wood, Salma Hayek, Jon Stewart

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Kevin Williamson
Story: David Wechter, Bruce Kimmel
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Robert Rodriguez
Composer: Marco Beltrami

DVD Info

Release:

May 6, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1 Encoding
  • Keep Case
  • Interactive Menus
  • Theatrical Trailer

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
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A crappy teen horror movie, but in director Robert Rodriguez's hands it's at least agreeably crappy.

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08/09/02 08:05 AM
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A decidedly average film with flashes of inspiration.

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04/17/01 05:54 PM
Andrew Howe
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