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  • 2016
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary How to win friends: smuggle $300k of uncut cocaine into your snooty prep school. Toby (Thomas Mann) is a blue-collar scholarship student at an elite boarding school who finds an in with the cool crowd by supplying them with cocaine. But things spiral out of control when Toby goes from small-time dealer to international drug trafficker, c...

Directed By: Joseph Castelo

Written By: Ashley Rudden, Joseph Castelo

  • 2016
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2016
  • R
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 35 m

The Preppie Connection

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
34
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary How to win friends: smuggle $300k of uncut cocaine into your snooty prep school. Toby (Thomas Mann) is a blue-collar scholarship student at an elite boarding school who finds an in with the cool crowd by supplying them with cocaine. But things spiral out of control when Toby goes from small-time dealer to international drug trafficker, c...

Directed By: Joseph Castelo

Written By: Ashley Rudden, Joseph Castelo

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
34
17% Positive
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33% Mixed
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
34
17% Positive
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33% Mixed
2 Reviews
50% Negative
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63
Apr 21, 2016
The script’s first half is vigorous enough.... But the movie needs the audacity of a “Trainspotting” to lift it above the norm.
By John Hartl FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 24, 2016
Ultimately, the film is never boring, but it's never involving, either. At the end, what you're left with is a modestly entertaining film that doesn't seem to have an original thought in its head. In that way, it's a lot like the characters it spotlights.
By Randy Cordova FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 17, 2016
While the film is well-acted and appealingly slick, the end result lacks novelty.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
38
Mar 17, 2016
Toby is so un-self-aware that his journey seems like mere obtuseness; what the film has to say about youthful degeneracy is less than zero.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW
30
Mar 17, 2016
This film fails even to evoke the ’80s in costumes, soundtrack or other atmospherics.
By Helen T. Verongos FULL REVIEW
30
Mar 17, 2016
Toby's eventual comeuppance feels as preordained and empty as the preppie/townie dichotomy regurgitated here from so many outdated teen-media artifacts.
By Abby Garnett FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Coalition Films, Mensch Productions, Parallell Cinéma, Relic Pictures
Release Date Mar 18, 2016
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
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Website http://coalitionfilms.com/the-preppie-connection/
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Awards

Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Barcelona International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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