But it might hit to the spot if you're looking for a movie like this. It's one of those you get what you expected kind of movies, but I still think it's far from Marvista's best. It needed more surprises and intrigue like you got with Sleeping with My Student, which I thought was way better. Too few of these movies take risks which is disappointing cause these type of movies always have such potential. Alex Esola I thought was quite decent as the student as was Louise Lombard as Stephanie, and Jo Marie Payton from Family Matters has still got it (always bringing something to her scenes) but everything else feels way too routine and poorly developed. It feels like it's on auto pilot all the way to its conclusion.
7 Reviews
Underdeveloped
burgerman931 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I'm not sure why movies and tv shows exploring teacher and student relationships are omnipresent - it's not an interesting premise and barely anyone can relate to it. But sometimes I'm a sucker of watching a bad Lifetime movie, just so I can review it and point out flaws. The script has no room for buildup and any potential twist in the story is obvious.
This teacher, while financially well off, has a meager existence. She's lost the spark with her workaholic husband, their daughter is a rebel, and she's stuck trying to fend off two people - a creepy coworker named Richard and an aggressive and psychotic student named James. There were really too many side stories to make this a credible movie.
We come to learn that at the age of 13, James killed his father, as he was an abusive man. But my question is, why does this translate to James going after teachers and trying to ruin their reputations?
The only thing worth mentioning is that the Florida landscape is beautifully captured.
This teacher, while financially well off, has a meager existence. She's lost the spark with her workaholic husband, their daughter is a rebel, and she's stuck trying to fend off two people - a creepy coworker named Richard and an aggressive and psychotic student named James. There were really too many side stories to make this a credible movie.
We come to learn that at the age of 13, James killed his father, as he was an abusive man. But my question is, why does this translate to James going after teachers and trying to ruin their reputations?
The only thing worth mentioning is that the Florida landscape is beautifully captured.
Bad casting
highflight-6706018 February 2022
LoL as usual you have a near 40 year old playing a high school student. And what's up with his hair. Didn't pompadours go out in the 1950's?
As far as handsome, I guess if you like a face the size of Tokyo he could be classed as handsome.
As far as handsome, I guess if you like a face the size of Tokyo he could be classed as handsome.
Why are all the hunky kids psycho in these films?
bkoganbing18 June 2017
Louise Lombard teaches science in a Florida High School and while on a field trip to the Everglades student Alex Esola steals a kiss from her. She reciprocated the passion just long enough to convince this kid she might have an interest. But no Lombard discourages Esola the best she can, but of course it ain't good enough. It doesn't take him long to start feigning an interest in her daughter.
This film is along the lines of my favorite guilty pleasure trash movie A Night In Heaven also with a Florida locale. Esola is A number one hunk material, but the psychos always seem to be.
If you'r taste runs to trash movies about white trash Dangerous Lessons is the film for you.
This film is along the lines of my favorite guilty pleasure trash movie A Night In Heaven also with a Florida locale. Esola is A number one hunk material, but the psychos always seem to be.
If you'r taste runs to trash movies about white trash Dangerous Lessons is the film for you.
Above average treatment of a familiar topic
phd_travel29 October 2016
Warning: Spoilers
There are some things that make this Lifetime student obsessed with teacher thriller slightly above average. There have been similar movies but this one is filmed by the beach in what looks like Florida unlike the many gray skied Canadian filmed Lifetime movies. The cast acts quite well and looks right for the parts. Louise Lombard, the British lead actress plays an attractive teacher. Refreshingly she isn't the predatory one. The student who gets obsessed with her is played by ALex Esola who looks suitably mentally off. Things remain mainly plausible till the end and scenes are there for a reason - no red herrings. At least the body count isn't high.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
lavatch31 October 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Mrs. Stephanie Archer is a high school biology teacher who finds herself confronted by two creepy males at her high school. One is a dirty old man named Richard Berg, a fellow biology teacher, who is constantly violating decorum in his outlandish flirtations. The other is a psycho transfer student named James Dearden, who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of his teacher. Made in 2015, "A Student's Obsession" (a.k.a., "Dangerous Lessons") was in desperate need of a #MeToo Movement.
The action takes place primarily at the Coconut Creek High School in South Florida. But, on a fateful field trip to the Florida keys, Mrs. Archer makes the fatal mistake of kissing her student James. Was this a spontaneous moment of weakness on Mrs. Archer's part at a time when her husband Michael was distant and had just lost $300,000 in his business? Or, was James the instigator, catching his teacher off guard for a meaningless kiss? The choice of the filmmakers was to make it appear that Mrs. Archer expended very little effort to resist the kiss that lasted nearly five seconds.
The kiss sets in motion the deranged machinery of James, who has already harassed a female instructor, Miranda King, at another school. James also has a bizarre relationship with his mother, and the pair reside in a trailer outside a large barn filled with farm animals. In his sordid past, the thirteen-year-old James put a bullet in his father's head after he and his mother were on the receiving end of years of abuse from the alcoholic dad.
A singular reference point in the film is the plant known as the Devil's Trumpet, which is used as an aphrodisiac, but is also poisonous. It turns out that one of the flowers shows up on the doorstep of Mrs. Archer's home, courtesy of the wacky Mr. Berg. On a second occasion, the flower is ground into a powder and placed in Mrs. Archer's water at school by James, where she hallucinates and nearly dies. Both of her obsessed admirers are vying with each other for who can best harass Mrs. Archer.
There is some beautiful footage of South Florida in scenes where we see Mrs. Archer running. The actress really looks like a long-distance runner. Overall, the cast is excellent, especially with the scene-stealing performer who plays the sassy high school administrator named Linda, who is always looking out for Mrs. Archer and never misses a beat that goes on under her watchful eyes at the high school. Another memorable scene was when Nicole, the high school daughter of Mrs. Archer, begins a relationship with a wonderful new boy she has met. Mrs. Archer wants the boy to join them for a meal. Guess who's coming to dinner?
The action takes place primarily at the Coconut Creek High School in South Florida. But, on a fateful field trip to the Florida keys, Mrs. Archer makes the fatal mistake of kissing her student James. Was this a spontaneous moment of weakness on Mrs. Archer's part at a time when her husband Michael was distant and had just lost $300,000 in his business? Or, was James the instigator, catching his teacher off guard for a meaningless kiss? The choice of the filmmakers was to make it appear that Mrs. Archer expended very little effort to resist the kiss that lasted nearly five seconds.
The kiss sets in motion the deranged machinery of James, who has already harassed a female instructor, Miranda King, at another school. James also has a bizarre relationship with his mother, and the pair reside in a trailer outside a large barn filled with farm animals. In his sordid past, the thirteen-year-old James put a bullet in his father's head after he and his mother were on the receiving end of years of abuse from the alcoholic dad.
A singular reference point in the film is the plant known as the Devil's Trumpet, which is used as an aphrodisiac, but is also poisonous. It turns out that one of the flowers shows up on the doorstep of Mrs. Archer's home, courtesy of the wacky Mr. Berg. On a second occasion, the flower is ground into a powder and placed in Mrs. Archer's water at school by James, where she hallucinates and nearly dies. Both of her obsessed admirers are vying with each other for who can best harass Mrs. Archer.
There is some beautiful footage of South Florida in scenes where we see Mrs. Archer running. The actress really looks like a long-distance runner. Overall, the cast is excellent, especially with the scene-stealing performer who plays the sassy high school administrator named Linda, who is always looking out for Mrs. Archer and never misses a beat that goes on under her watchful eyes at the high school. Another memorable scene was when Nicole, the high school daughter of Mrs. Archer, begins a relationship with a wonderful new boy she has met. Mrs. Archer wants the boy to join them for a meal. Guess who's coming to dinner?
See also
Awards | FAQ | User Ratings | External Reviews | Metacritic Reviews
