Assassination of a High School President is a crime comedy set in high school, trying to play on the investigating reporter angle. It tries, as it mostly fails. The makers know their crime genre, and plays some good jokes on it, but they haven't nailed the comedy part nearly enough to get away with this.
The acting isn't much to brag about, the script is thin and easily predictable and they have found the wrong details to lift into an attempt of comedy. When it comes to the crime parts they steal from a lot of movies, and I can't remember a single original work worked into it. It wouldn't have mattered if they nailed the comedy, as it could easily have worked as a parody. When they don't manage that, it's not much left to brag about.
I'll still give them credit for some of their plays on the crime genre, but that's about the only part of this movie scoring their plus points towards my rating.
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