A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Directed by Tony Kaye
depression
falsely accused
classroom
grandfather
unhappiness
animal abuse
dreary
Rank
#20 in 2011·#1282 overall
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Cast
Adrien Brody
Henry Barthes
Marcia Gay Harden
Principal Carol Dearden
James Caan
Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Christina Hendricks
Ms. Sarah Madison
Lucy Liu
Dr. Doris Parker
Blythe Danner
Ms. Perkins
Tim Blake Nelson
Mr. Wiatt
William L. Petersen
Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
Bryan Cranston
Mr. Dearden
Sami Gayle
Erica
Betty Kaye
Meredith
Louis Zorich
Grampa
Crew
Tony Kaye
Director
Taylor Stewart
Original Music Composer
Andrew Grush
Original Music Composer
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Geoffrey Richman
Editor
Tony Kaye
Director of Photography
Adrien Brody
Executive Producer
Austin Stark
Producer
Chris Papavasiliou
Producer
Jade Healy
Production Design
Suzanne Smith Crowley
Casting
John Cenatiempo
Stunt Coordinator
Popular Reviews
2231 reviews
BenjaminPavesio
8.0★ · 04/25/26
"Oh, I need to be pretty to be happy. I need surgery to be pretty. I need to be thin, famous, fashionable." Our young men today are being told that women are whores, bitches, things to be screwed, beaten, shit on, and shamed. This is a marketing holocaust. Twenty-four hours a day for the rest of our lives, the powers that be are hard at work dumbing us to death.
Primera película que veo desde el 2004 mas o menos, ver Attack on Titan me tiene totalmente consumido. Justo elegí la película más depresiva de la historia para ver un sábado a la noche antes de salir, pero bueno, por el cine lo que sea. Me encantó la dirección, con un estilo medio de video casero que encaja muy bien con el estilo artístico de Meredith; muy original. Y Adrien Brody, genial como siempre, el tipo es la cabra en todo lo que no sea dar discursos.
"Oh, I need to be pretty to be happy. I need surgery to be pretty. I need to be thin, famous, fashionable." Our young men today are being told that women are whores, bitches, things to be screwed, beaten, shit on, and shamed. This is a marketing holocaust. Twenty-four hours a day for the rest of our lives, the powers that be are hard at work dumbing us to death.
Primera película que veo desde el 2004 mas o menos, ver Attack on Titan me tiene totalmente consumido. Justo elegí la película más depresiva de la historia para ver un sábado a la noche antes de salir, pero bueno, por el cine lo que sea. Me encantó la dirección, con un estilo medio de video casero que encaja muy bien con el estilo artístico de Meredith; muy original. Y Adrien Brody, genial como siempre, el tipo es la cabra en todo lo que no sea dar discursos.
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Frank
9.0★ · 04/17/26
Quell'abbraccio finale: 🍒🔝🎂
Quell'abbraccio finale: 🍒🔝🎂
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Hallie
10.0★ · 08/08/25
Shoutout to everyone that is overly nice to teachers
Shoutout to everyone that is overly nice to teachers
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ellokitty
10.0★ · 07/26/25
hayatin icinde cok gercekci bir senaryoya sahip andrien brodynin harika jest ve mimikleri ile canlandirdigi Henry karakteri bize gecmiste yasanmis travmalarin ustunden yillar gecmesine ragmen insan ustunde nasil bir etki biraktigini onu içten ice yedigini ve sessizlestirdigini gösteriyor ozellikle herkes ebeveyn olmamali ebeveyn olmak icin bir teste tabi tutulmali dedigi kısma kesinlikle katiliyorum ebeveynlerin hic dusunmeden anlik kararlar ile yaptıkları cocuklari üzerinde buyuk ve derin yaralar acabilirler ki zaten bunun bircok ornegini görüyoruz film genel olarak karanlik ve bogucu bir havada ilerliyor ama son sahnede erica ile tekrar buluştuğu zaman birazda olsa o karanlik hava dengelenmis gibi hissetttim ya bilmiyorum ben mi izledigim her filmden etkileniyorum ama oyle bir konusu vardiki bayildim harika birseydi keske daha onceden izleseydim spoiler pek sayılmaz ama ne olur ne olmaz isaretleyeyim🙏
hayatin icinde cok gercekci bir senaryoya sahip andrien brodynin harika jest ve mimikleri ile canlandirdigi Henry karakteri bize gecmiste yasanmis travmalarin ustunden yillar gecmesine ragmen insan ustunde nasil bir etki biraktigini onu içten ice yedigini ve sessizlestirdigini gösteriyor ozellikle herkes ebeveyn olmamali ebeveyn olmak icin bir teste tabi tutulmali dedigi kısma kesinlikle katiliyorum ebeveynlerin hic dusunmeden anlik kararlar ile yaptıkları cocuklari üzerinde buyuk ve derin yaralar acabilirler ki zaten bunun bircok ornegini görüyoruz film genel olarak karanlik ve bogucu bir havada ilerliyor ama son sahnede erica ile tekrar buluştuğu zaman birazda olsa o karanlik hava dengelenmis gibi hissetttim ya bilmiyorum ben mi izledigim her filmden etkileniyorum ama oyle bir konusu vardiki bayildim harika birseydi keske daha onceden izleseydim spoiler pek sayılmaz ama ne olur ne olmaz isaretleyeyim🙏
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Narmin
5.0★ · 06/01/25
Production was mediocre at best they obviously tried to make more realistic but it feels more like a lack of polish than a stylistic choice. They brought more storylines than they tended to finish. Characters got developed off screen. They either deleted lot of scenes or wanted to leave it to viewers imagination. Either way I didn’t like it. Henry being absolutely terrified to be like his grandfather and also sniffing Erica’s bracelet was very suspicious for me.
Production was mediocre at best they obviously tried to make more realistic but it feels more like a lack of polish than a stylistic choice. They brought more storylines than they tended to finish. Characters got developed off screen. They either deleted lot of scenes or wanted to leave it to viewers imagination. Either way I didn’t like it. Henry being absolutely terrified to be like his grandfather and also sniffing Erica’s bracelet was very suspicious for me.