Bad Apples

A classroom comedy-drama with a wonderfully dark streak, Bad Apples stars Saoirse Ronan (The Outrun) as the doormat teacher Maria, unable to instil discipline into her class of ten year olds. When the tearaway Danny (Eddie Waller) breaks teacher’s pet Pauline’s (Nia Brown) arm, she takes matters into her own hands, in a deliciously deranged twist to put him on the straight and narrow… 

A school days satire complete with busybody parent-teacher association, distracted parents and feral kids, Bad Apples has an admirably warped sense of humour, backed by another of Saoirse Ronan irresistible performances.