The Chocolate War
Sometimes revenge is bitter, not sweet.
19881h 40mNo ratings yet
- Drama
Overview
Jerry, a new student at an elite Catholic prep school, must face the hazing practices handed down by the Vigils, a group of powerful students. When teacher Brother Leon pushes the students to sell chocolates for a fundraiser, the head of the Vigils, Archie, gets Jerry to reject selling for 10 days. However, Jerry decides to keep up the refusal past the original time frame, which pits him against the Vigils and the school staff.
Keywords
- based on novel or book
- coming of age
- callous
- male friendship
- chocolate
- individuality
- secret society
- grief
- brotherhood
- catholic school
- catholic
- boxing
- ominous
- tense
- private school
- suspenseful
- school bullying
- violence in schools
- non conformity
- blunt
- fundraising
- boys' school
- power dynamics
- catholic guilt
- loss of a parent
- all boys school
- herd mentality
- mob mentality
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 18, 1988
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english
- Countries
- United States of America
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $303,624
- IMDb
- tt0094869