My Old School (2022)

★ 6.8 1h 44m IMDb

In 1993, 16-year-old Brandon Lee enrolled at Bearsden Academy, a secondary school in a well-to-do suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. What followed over the next two years would become the stuff of legend.

My Old School

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Cast

Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming as Brandon Lee Age 61 · Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland, UK Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor, writer and presenter. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, tw...
Clare Grogan
Clare Grogan as Mrs. Ogg (voice) Age 64 · Glasgow, Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Clare Grogan (born Claire Patricia Grogan, 17 March 1962, Glasgow) is a Scottish actress and singer. She is sometimes credited as C.
Lulu
Lulu as Mrs. Holmes (voice) Age 77 · Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland, UK Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie; 3 November 1948), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in t...
Dawn Steele
Dawn Steele as Mrs. Nolan (voice) Age 50 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK Glaswegian actress Dawn Steele is best known for her work on TV series including Monarch of the Glen, Tinsel Town, The Key, Sea of Souls, Wild at Heart, and Holby City..
Joseph McFadden
Joseph McFadden as Mr. MacLeod (voice) Age 50 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK Joe McFadden was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Irish parents. He began acting at 12 years old when a talent scout from the detective show 'Taggart' visited his school, Holyrood Secondary and invited hi...
Gary Lamont
Gary Lamont as Mr. MacKinnon (voice) Age 41 · Glasgow, Scotland Gary Lamont is a Scottish actor who is probably best known for playing hairdresser Robbie Fraser in the BBC TV Soap River City and Evan Lindsey in Outlander..

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 7/10 Aug 29, 2022
I will admit to having been brought up a stone's throw from Bearsden (a well-off suburb of Glasgow in Scotland) though some years before this actually took place. The story is all about "Brandon Lee" - portrayed here by Alan Cumming. He rather famously enrolled at a school and passed for a 16 year old pupil, fairly effortlessly, until a series of unfortunate mishaps lead to a rather startling discovery and a tissue of lies and deceit. Aside from a little illuminating actuality at the end, it is largely delivered to us by way of commentaries from the man's contemporaries - now in their forties - describing the fascinating chronology of just what happened. Some of these contributions are superbly pithy. Beware there is plenty of ripe Glasgow vernacular, but it's never gratuitous - indeed, for much of this film it is more emanating from the increasingly incredulous narrative as many of his school mates find out the truth for the first time since 1993. It tries to explain just how incompetent the vetting system at the school was (though the truth being stranger than fiction element of the behaviour of "Lee" probably mitigates that a little) and it works really well. I think my favourite observation has to come from the tattooed "Dave McKinley" who in one short sentence summed up the whole scenario... It certainly helps if you are local, but nonetheless, this is a well constructed, paced and frankly quite fascinating drama documentary that features the actors (and their voices) but sparingly. It's left to his colleagues to provide the narrative, and alongside some engaging animation I found it really quite entertaining.

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