The English Teacher (2013)

★ 5.5 1h 32m 371 votes IMDb
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Small-town Pennsylvania schoolteacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject. Then a former star pupil reenters her life after failing as a playwright in New York City. Seeing in his script the inspiration that she has always longed to instill in her students, this dyed-in-the-wool romantic enlists the help of long-suffering drama teacher Carl to mount the work as the high school’s next and riskiest production.

The English Teacher

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Cast

Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore as Linda Sinclair Age 65 · Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith; December 3, 1960) is an American actress and children's author. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled w...
Michael Angarano
Michael Angarano as Jason Sherwood Age 38 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Michael Anthony Angarano (born December 3, 1987) is an American actor, director, and producer. He became known for his roles in the film Music of the Heart (1999) and the television series Cover Me (2...
Greg Kinnear
Greg Kinnear as Dr. Tom Sherwood Age 62 · Logansport, Indiana, USA Gregory Buck Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor and television personality, who first rose to stardom as the first host of E!'s Talk Soup. He has appeared in more than 45 motion picture...
Lily Collins
Lily Collins as Halle Anderson Age 37 · Guildford, Surrey, England, UK Lily Jane Collins (born 18 March 1989) is a British and American actress and model. Born in Guildford, Surrey and raised in Los Angeles, Collins began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC...
Fiona Shaw
Fiona Shaw as Narrator Age 67 · County Cork, Ireland Fiona Shaw (born Fiona Mary Wilson, 10 July 1958) is an Irish film and theatre actress. She did extensive work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre, as well as in film and telev...
Norbert Leo Butz
Norbert Leo Butz as Vice Principal Phil Pelaski Age 59 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA Norbert Leo Butz is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his work in Broadway theatre. He is a two-time winner of the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and is one of only nine acto...

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Reno 7/10 Jul 17, 2015
> Does a former student count...!

A perfect role for Julianne Moore. All the other characters were nicely arranged around her's. It was a story based on the high school teacher and her ex-student, joining together for a school project. In the middle part, a wonderful development in the story turns the convincing second half. Some people are not a good listener, they try to finish the sentence before the speech givers. Such small instance, sometime may create a big trouble. Not right away, but it takes time of its own. At some point the truth will meet and all the hell will break out.

A movie with a good narration, but very familiar and predictable. Pleased performances, individually, but casts did not blend well together. Overall, a better movie than what I've heard about it, especially compared to so many overrated recent films. Easily just an above average, should have been better in the many parts, but the quality is there and entertains. In the end, it gives satisfactory for what it is. If you expect something more beautiful or powerful, this isn't the right film for you.

6.5/10

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