Private Lesson – Movie Review
Director: Kivanc Baruonu
Writer: Murat Disli, Yasemin Erturan (Screenplay)
Cast
- Bensu Soral
- Helin Kandemir
- Hatice Aslan
- Deniz Altan
- Elif Ceren Balikci
Plot: Posing as a private tutor, Azra secretly coaches students on achieving their goals in life and love – but not without a few bumps in the road.
Runtime: 1 Hour 29 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Private Lesson starts as we meet Azra (Soral) a young woman who helps students with their lessons. Helping them with life lessons school doesn’t offer them enough of. When outsider student Hamda (Kandemir) learns about the lesson being offered, she decides to blackmail Azra into helping her.
As Azra finds this new challenge even more difficult, she must also deal with her new neighbor. One she has become attracted to, despite the two seeming different.
Verdict on Private Lesson
Private Lesson is a romantic comedy that follows an unlikely new partnership to help a teenage girl get the crush she wants from school. It sees a private consultant expert helping students in life become invested in helping the latest one who could expose her business.
This does feel like it wants to borrow heavily from ‘Cruel Intentions’ by having someone controlling young lives. Only this time we see it in a form of a profit. This shows how people will do whatever they want to get things, but sometimes people need to take a step back as see the truth. The performances in the film are strong, with Bensu Soral being the strongest performer.
Where to Watch: Private Lesson is available on Netflix now.
Final Thoughts – Private Lesson is a fun little romantic comedy.
