IMDb
7.1 /10
554 votes


Documentary · 2017 · 1h 51min
The Élan School was a for-profit, residential behavior modification program and therapeutic boarding school located deep within the woods of Maine. Delinquent teenagers who failed to comply with other treatment programs were referred to the school as a last resort. Treatment entailed harsh discipline, surveillance, degradation, and downright abuse. Years later, the patients who were institutionalized in this facility still carry the trauma they endured, with mixed opinions on the impact of their experience.
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IMDb
7.1 /10
554 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50 /100
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Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
7.6 /10
8 votes
Letterboxd
6.8 /10
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Weighted average
6.6/10