This is an excellent book for expanding the average high school English student's range to film critique. It contains all of what I try to teach my students about how to critique film, and more. The writing is pleasant and clear, without inflection, pandering, or academic jargon.

A college or top-notch high school student should be able to tear through the book in about two hours--it is straightforward but verbose, and a 20 page version would have sufficed for good students.