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Amos Lassen wrote on 03/08/2011:

“Bloomington” deals with a teacher/student lesbian romance of a predatory nature. Jackie (Susan Stouffer) is a former child star who decides to go to college in Bloomington, Indiana. She does not fit in with the rest of the students because of who she is and when they do it is about the TV show she did as a child. She chose Bloomington as it was from her parents in California and she decides to study philosophy. Catherine Spark (Allison McAtee) is one of her professors and is rumored to be quite the lady about town. People say that she sleeps with her students who then disappear. She hits on Jackie almost as soon as she arrives at the school. Catherine pushes very hard and usually gets what she wants. Because she is a psychologist, she knows how to handle people and when she discovers what someone needs, she uses it to her advantage.

Everything happens very fast which made me think that perhaps the film lacks credibility but then never having being a lesbian, I do not know anything about the dynamics of lesbian dating, etc.

The two leads are excellent in their roles but the rest of the actors just seem to be walking thorough their parts. I found this discouraging and the film has such promise and two people could not carry the entire story, Then again, perhaps it is not fair for a gay man to review this film since he has little background in the situations. (Some will disagree with this and I know that. The film is well made but with some rough edges. Nevertheless I enjoyed it even though the tone of this review might make you think otherwise.