BFI London Review: Bad Apples Sets Saoirse Ronan in a Twisty Thriller

BFI London Review: Bad Apples Sets Saoirse Ronan in a Twisty Thriller

To international viewers, Bad Apples will play like a conventional dark comedy about a schoolteacher pushed too far by a student; to Brits, it’s a scorched Earth takedown of a state education system that has failed millions of children, any laughs to be had cathartic through the tears. What’s surprising is that such a state-of-the-nation takedown arrives courtesy of Swedish director Jonatan Entzler in his English-language debut, relocating Scand…