Dismissed

“He would kill for a good grade.”

Lucas Ward (Dylan Sprouse), an honors student, wants an A badly enough that the grade has become the only thing he talks about. His teacher, Mr. Butler (Kent Osborne), has taught by the book for years and has no reason to expect trouble from a boy this polite. Benjamin Arfmann holds the camera close on the two of them, so the classroom feels smaller with every conversation.