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Directed by

Daniel Barnz

Starring (View all)

Maggie Gyllenhaal
Jamie Fitzpatrick

Viola Davis
Nona Alberts

Oscar Isaac
Michael Perry

Holly Hunter
Evelyn Riske

Rosie Perez
Breena Harper

Emily Alyn Lind
Malia Fitzpatrick

Dante Brown
Cody Alberts

Lance Reddick
Charles Alberts

Written by

Brin Hill
(written by) and

Daniel Barnz
(written by)

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An average movie

3 years, 1 month ago at Mar 12 10:05

johanlefourbe

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. I remember that it had been a huge flop when it was released but, in fact, I think it actually had some potential. Unfortunately, even though the material was utterly depressing but still really topical, they went for an upbeat inspiring tone which was ra... read more

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Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis play two determined mothers, one a teacher, who will stop at nothing to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.

Release date: 28 September 2012

Tags: School (3), 2010s (2), 2012 (2), Drama (1), Teachers (1), Inspirational (1), Melodrama (1), Teacher (1), Pennsylvania (1), Based On True Story (1), Dyslexia (1), Based On True Events (1), 20th Century Fox (1), Single Mothers (1), Oscar Isaac (1), Parent Trigger (1)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 3 years, 1 month ago

An average movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. I remember that it had been a huge flop when it was released but, in fact, I think it actually had some potential. Unfortunately, even though the material was utterly depressing but still really topical, they went for an upbeat inspiring tone which was rather misguided. Furthermore, this movie clearly suffered from the ‘Dead Poets Society’ syndrome. Indeed, such movies, instead of actually focusing on the noble cause which was supposedly what the movie was supposed to be about, actually prefers to focus on the main characters and their outgoing personality. In ‘Dead Poets Society’, you got plenty of rousing speeches from John Keating but a” read more