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As of now, the only way to watch Founders Day is to head out to a movie theater when it releases on Friday, Jan. 19.

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To properly understand any film, I have to understand the characters and their motivations. To that end, Founders Day’s characters are severely lacking in any depth and too often feel like caricatures of people with far more intrigue than we’re given. The poor acting choices don’t exactly help, and the film is too self-serious for its own good. William Russ’ turn as Mr. Jackson, the kindly history teacher, is a grounding force and his performance exemplifies what the film might have been had every actor given as strong a performance.

And yet, Russ isn’t exactly helped by the Bloomquists’ script, which is infatuated with providing too many red herrings and plot twists. By the time of the big reveal, I wasn’t exactly clear on what any of the