Miss Stevens 2016

     Miss Stevens is a teacher and she chaperones three of her students on a weekend trip to a drama competition.  Billy, Margot and Sam are in her class and they have prepared scenes to individually act for the judges.  Margot panics and forgets some of her lines.  Billy does very well during his scene for the competition.    

     Miss Stevens is 29 years old and I think she shows very bad judgment in her behavior at the competition!!  Her job is to be a chaperone but she spends a lot of time drinking and not taking a position of leadership.  She makes other bad decisions as well.  But, there is not much going on in this film??  2 ½* (This movie is just so-so) 

86 min, Drama directed by Julia Hart with Lily Rabe, Timothee Chalamet, Lili Reinhart, Anthony Quintal, Oscar Nunez, Rob Huebel, Larry Bam Hall, Noah Gra-Cabey, Jammie Patton, Mike Holley, Tracey Wigfield, Nikhil Pai, Tamir Yardenne, Kristin Slaysman, Temple Dean.

Note:  Imdb 6.6 out of 10, 91% critic 65% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2 ½*, Metacritic 65 out of 100 with 11 critics 7.9 out of 10 with 8 reviews, Slant Magazine 3* out of 4*, Amazon 4.1* out of 5* with 39 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Santa Monica, California.  Ellen Page was originally going to direct this project and it would have been her directorial debut.  Anna Faris was to star in the role as Miss Stevens.  There is a mistake with the headrests on the front seats of Miss Steven’s car.  They are incorrectly positioned and would cause a safety issue in a crash.  Timothee Chalmet has been getting a lot of press lately.  He's been acting since 2008 but now he getting roles in higher profile films.  Interstellar 2014, Call Me by Your Name 2017, Lady Bird, 2017, Beautiful Boy 2018.  He was born and raised in Manhattan and he is 23 years old on December 27, 2018.