Bad Education Movie Rating: 4Director Cory Finley takes the good will from his 2017 debut Thoroughbreds and ups the ante even further. Bad Education is a bleak, comical, and surprisingly effective film about a high school finance scandal. Never too jokey or inside-baseball, the film provides coherent exposition and rich character beats without ever feeling forced or dull. Bad Education easily could have been stultified if it were told as some ponderous tale of institutional malfeasance. With its clever storyline, richly drawn characters, fabulous performances, and a nice dose of moral investigation, Bad Education schools lesser movies.