Deborah Ross

Absolutely nuts: My Old School reviewed

If you’re coming to this story fresh your jaw will hit the floor

Alan Cumming lip-syncs the voice of Brandon Lee seamlessly in My Old School 
issue 20 August 2022

My Old School is a documentary exploring a true story that would have to be true as it’s too preposterous – it is absolutely nuts – for any screenwriter to have made it up.

You know something is up but not what and if you’re coming to it fresh your jaw will hit the floor

It’s the story of Brandon Lee, who was 16 when he enrolled as a new student to a secondary school in the Glasgow area in 1993. Or is it: was this new boy a 16-year-old called Brandon Lee? And now I’m in a pickle. If I say more it’s a spoiler. The film plays its cards close to its chest until the 45-minute mark. You know something is up but not what and if you’re coming to it fresh your jaw will hit the floor. But it was a big media story at the time, so many might remember, plus other reviews haven’t been at all discreet.

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