Review of Lesson Learned

Lesson Learned is an extremely funny movie about the Hungarian education system, but only about the negatives.

The writing is amazing. Most of the situations are sadly realistic, but they are presented in a hilarious way at times. I expected a devastating movie, with a lot of negativity, but what I got instead was a film full of jokes and funny scenes. The dialogues were realistic, it rarely felt forced, which isn't usual for a Hungarian movie. The characters were well-written, but it was frustrating to see how neither of the protagonists could stand up for themselves. My two problems with the movie were that we see Palkó's mother in the beginning, but she disappeares for the rest of the movie. The other one was that all these bad things are highly unlikeable to happen at the same time.

The directing was amazing and the cinematography was perfect. A lot of closeups and wide shots were extremely well-done. The acting performances were surprisingly great considering the fact that the movie focused a lot on young children.

Lesson Learned is a hilarious movie about an important issue, I loved it.