Movie #825 "The English Teacher" --- I chose to see this for a number of reasons; mostly the title and subject matter intrigued me. The opening hour I found to be very amusing and entertaining ---- Julianne Moore was a single woman who was teaching high school English, and she meets up one day (in a funny set up) with one of her most talented writers she ever had in her class -- he is depressed because he's never been able to sell his first play, and she suggests to put it on in his old high school ---- the film seemed to be talking to me personally, at that point. But then, soon enough, the film goes awry, dealing with a sexual rendezvous between the teacher and the student (right in the classroom, oh my) and silly cat fights between the females in the show and the teacher because of the illicit relationship with the playwright, and then there's the father of the playwright (Greg Kinnear) who is disappointed in his son, and that adds to the depression of the young guy. That story was a bit more viable to me and I think should have been the main thrust of the film, instead of the sex part. The film finally got back to the topic, to make it worthy of recommending it ---- That plot thread and Nathan Lane make the film worthy of watching to me.
The English Teacher2013R91 minutes I give it 3.7 stars out of 5
Devoted small-town English teacher Linda yearns for love. Enter Jason, a former student whose career as a Broadway playwright didn't pan out. When she persuades him to stage his play at the school before giving up, love -- and controversy -- arises.
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