Evil
2003 · 1h 53m · Drama
Watch it tonight. This Swedish coming-of-age drama has the kind of gritty authenticity that transcends its modest scores—a raw, character-driven story about a troubled kid's last shot at redemption. The IMDb rating of 7.7 signals real substance here, even if critics were slightly less convinced.
Plot
Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.