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The English Teacher
Directed by
Craig Zisk
R
2013
1h 31m
Drama
,
Comedy
,
and more
5.7
46%
31%
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An English teacher's life is disrupted when a former student returns to her small town after failing as a playwright in New York.
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Cast of The English Teacher
Julianne Moore
Linda Sinclair
Michael Angarano
Jason Sherwood
Greg Kinnear
Dr. Tom Sherwood
Lily Collins
Halle Anderson
Fiona Shaw
Narrator
Norbert Leo Butz
Vice Principal Phil Pelaski
Jessica Hecht
Principal Trudie Slocum
Charlie Saxton
Will
Nathan Lane
Carl Kapinas
Nikki Blonsky
Sheila Nussbaum
Erin Wilhelmi
Joni Gerber
Remy Auberjonois
Beefy Businessman
Peter Y. Kim
Mike the Orderly
The English Teacher Reviews
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Perversely determined to make you laugh. You're more likely to squirm, though ...
Observer
Rex Reed
Under Craig Zisk's frisky direction, the entire cast is superb and wrinkle-free. The screenplay, by husband-wife team Dan and Stacy Chariton, is thin as a poker chip but as clever as it is contrived.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Like so many small films carrying the Tribeca Films label, this seriocomic farce has its moments, but fails to live up to the promise of a starry cast headed by Julianne Moore.
AV Club
Ben Kenigsberg
Even the sitcom stylings might not matter if the movie were funny, but in spite of the potential for Guffman-esque comedy, The English Teacher boasts few surprises ...
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
"The English Teacher" is a tragedy masquerading as a comedy and doing a disservice to both.
Film.com
Jordan Hoffman
Rudderless in its presentation and outright stupid in its central conceits
USA Today
Claudia Puig
This is a brisk comedy, with some formulaic moments made better by a top-notch cast ...
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Greg Kinnear does a nice supporting job as Jason's dad.
Slant Magazine
R. Kurt Osenlund
The second recent release that aims to channel great, time-honored storytelling without being able to tell a great story.
TheWrap
Leah Rozen
Pleasant is the perfect word with which to describe The English Teacher, an ingratiating little comedy that aims to please and succeeds at its modest goal.
Wall Street Journal
John Anderson
A screwball comedy that could have been screwier, "The English Teacher" is as interesting for its cast as its content.
Village Voice
Nick Schager
The English Teacher reveals that a respectable cast and much noisy boisterousness isn't enough to generate a single laugh.
Variety
Scott Foundas
Benefits from a brisk pace, witty banter and engaging performances, yet still fades from memory faster than a final exam on the first day of summer vacation.
Hollywood & Fine
Marshall Fine
Moore shows physical-comedy chops that are both admirable and quite funny..a small but very funny treat with a cast to die for.
Television Without Pity
Ethan Alter
A strained attempt to translate the comic punch of Alexander Payne's brilliant send-up of high-school politics, Election, into the realm of an even more tension-fraught extracurricular activity: drama club.
We Got This Covered
Simon Brookfield
Notwithstanding some very bizarre stylistic choices and sometimes erratic character transformations, The English Teacher is a frothy indie dramedy with dedicated performances and plenty of pep.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Betty Jo Tucker
Julianne Moore excels in this amusing comedy about a flawed heroine who loses all sense of perspective but deserves a happy ending anyway.
Film Journal International
David Noh
This theatre-centric frolic has a clever, pleasing start, but sadly degenerates into bland formula stuff.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Someone, somewhere lost their nerve, pruning The English Teacher down to nondescript indie quirk with the occasional blip of enticing insanity.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A fetching dramady starring Julianne Moore as an enthusiastic and vulnerable middle-aged English teacher who turns a corner in her life and realizes she will never be the same again.
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