That was an excellent one.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Upon leaving the theater after see If....for the first time I too was stunned, shocked..blown away. Never before had such an ending played across the big screen in front of me without the mandatory "fix"....society or good will out. Now it's old hat. Art house fans will love its drawn out scenes and its well place inanities. Youngsters will abhor all of the above. The beat goes on.

If.... is a fantastic allegorical movie. Weird beyond belief, but normal enough that it doesn't stray into the surreal unbelievable. This film is like The Dead Poet Society for bad boys. With a stellar cast, it is obvious to see why Malcolm McDowell would later go on to play Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubricks A Clockwork Orange. Truly a stunningly deep film which portrays war, society and school in all different directions. One of my favourite films ever to be composed. If it wasn't for this film, I would be continuing to squander in my life with no real direction. Truly a film that got me moving the right way. Excellent film and approach to some serious issues that have never been approached in the same way and probably never will be.

(55%) A bad tempered poke in the eye towards not only pubic school, but the British ruling class. This is a very well made, well acted, and well written look into a part of the world that so few films ever tread, but for me it was just a little too barren in what it had to say. Most of the time the characters are just plain bored (which is at least true to what school was mostly like), so a need for surrealism to keep the picture going comes into play leading to a weird feeling of what is real and what is fantasy, as it becomes increasingly intermixed. The ending is beyond manic, and sadly no longer a twisted fantasy of angered youth. Very much an acquired taste, and it's not really for me, but I can understand the fondness many have towards it.

In this allegorical story, a revolution lead by pupil Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell) takes place at an old established private school in England.This is Malcolm McDowell in his first screen role. Although his career as a whole has gone more or less downhill since the 1960s, he started out strong here and it is easy to see how he was selected to be the lead in "A Clockwork Orange" (Mick and Alex are not all that different in many ways).I must confess I had never heard of this film until seeing Marc Cousins' documentary "The Story of Film". I feel like a huge gap in my knowledge of cinema was filled by seeing this, and I cannot recommend it enough to those who want to see a key film in the era of youth in rebellion.