The Miseducation of Cameron Post was one of those movies I instinctively avoided at Sundance—a decision that was, admittedly, based on very little information. With festival schedules, you usually only get an image and a synopsis to go on, and based on Miseducation’s single still frame, it seemed to fit a certain kind of festival archetype: The movie where promising young actors stand around a bleak town looking sad.
Granted, Miseducation turns out to be a little more than that, but… the gist was unfortunately correct. This is the kind of tweener indie that displays future potential, mostly from the cast, but also from director/co-writer Desiree Akhavan, even as the overall result simply isn’t noteworthy enough to recommend.