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But Wade isn’t a two-dimensional guy who can be thrown away for Elijah Wood’s baby blues. Usually the plucky lead wins the woman (as a consumable prize *eyeroll here*) over from her frumpy boyfriend and they ride off into the sunset together. I did appreciate that the love-triangle set up between Clint and Lucy and Wade isn’t as straight forward as a run-of-the-mill comedy. (Post-script: consulted a teacher about this ratio, apparently it's accurate. I find it hard to believe that the vast majority of kids today are “bad” kids, and seeing that cynical point of view on screen in a bummer. And it’s a little disappointing that Whannell only choose two “good” kids to save. It’s such a big deal these days it seems irresponsible to represent today’s violence in a movie without having some small nod to the current social climate that creates bullies. While the bullies antagonizing sweet Tamra and bookish Calvin is anticipated, there’s no discussion given to the bigger issue of bullying and children’s behavior. Where Cooties starts (but doesn’t end) to lose traction is with the kids. When Clint struggles with the bullies in his classroom we can finally appreciate how difficult and thankless a job educators perform. Wade, playing the typical former jock, espouses how much teaching means to him despite the mockery he gets from peers making his salary ten times over.
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There are some truly heartbreaking lines from Clint about how he envies children now that many opportunities are far behind him. But kids today aren’t like when he attended school.at least he’s pretty sure they didn’t go mad and eat their teachers after eating tainted chicken nuggets.Ĭooties has the best intentions it aims to honor the struggles that teachers face dealing with children and their parents. Back home with Mom in boring old Fort Chicken, he finds work as a substitute teacher in his own elementary school alongside his old childhood crush Lucy (Alison Pill) and her boyfriend Wade (Rainn Wilson). Clint (Elijah Wood) has returned home from New York having failed his dreams of becoming a successful writer. Leigh Whannell aims to give teachers their due in his latest script, Cooties.