Class Rank

Class Rank, directed by Eric Stoltz and written by Benjamin August, is a high school comedy made on a budget of 600,000 dollars, about two social outcasts who try to take over the local school board and end up learning about love along the way. The film premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 21, 2017, and opened wide in the US on May 11, 2018; it won the Grand Jury Best US Narrative Feature award at the Gasparilla International Film Festival. Director Eric Stoltz was first known as an actor, earning a Golden Globe nomination for Mask (1985) and a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards for Pulp Fiction (1994); after moving into directing, he became a producing director on Madam Secretary and directed regularly on Glee. Who it's for: anyone curious about a low budget high school comedy from a filmmaker who started his career as a well known actor before moving into directing. Who it's not for: viewers wanting a big studio budget, glossy production, since this was made on a modest 600,000 dollar budget.