The Prank (2022) Review
The Prank (2022) Review
The legendary Rita Moreno is the teacher of your nightmares in this dark comedy thriller. Ben has a stern, mean and cruel physics teacher, Mrs. Wheeler. She has been teaching at the school for decades and has a reputation for being the hardest, coldest, strictest faculty member. She fails Ben’s entire class unless a student who cheated comes forward. But when no one does, Tanner and Ben hatch a plan to ruin her life and frame her for murder on social media.
Starring EGOT winner Rita Moreno (SINGING IN THE RAIN, WEST SIDE STORY), Connor Kalopsis (OUTMATCHED) and Ramona Young (NEVER HAVE I EVER), THE PRANK is written by Rebecca Flinn-White (PERIOD’S BIG ADVENTURE) and Zak White (CREEPSHOW) and directed by Maureen Bharoocha (PITCH PERFECT: BUMPER IN BERLIN).
This American comedy horror film is exactly as it should be. It plays out as you would anticipate it to do and does so in a fun, perfectly paced zesty way and does not outstay its welcome. Admittedly there are no surprises but sometimes familiarity does not always breed contempt especially when the results are as delightful as they are here. And aside from the occasional shot of a severed head, or two, it is very family friendly too.
THE PRANK is designed to be fun and that is exactly what you have got, a 90-minute fun ride that haughty critics will scoff and sneer at but for my money it is worth checking out. Rita Moreno delivers the goods, and the young cast of unknowns prove that they are more than up to the task of matching her. David Keith is another familiar face in the cast and Jonathan Kimmel, brother of Jimmy, steals every scene that he is in.
The Prank is available on Digital Platforms 24 June. Distributed by Signature Entertainment
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