reform school
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The actor stars alongside Tracey Ullman and Emily Watson in a film that follows the weary employees and difficult students of an English reform school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
It comes as the Irish actor promotes his new film, Steve, which follows his titular character's attempt to turn around a 1990s reform school for troubled boys.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
Certainly, there could have been a more straightforward adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s acclaimed novel about the friendship between two Black boys at a brutal Florida reform school in the early 1960s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
Keep in mind I had worked in a reform school for girls!
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2024
“He’s referred to me from the relief. He’s been in a reform school and I’m giving him a chance. . . .”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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