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Teachers

1984 · 107 min

Wears you down with institutional chaos, then lifts you with a small, angry stand; funny and sad in the same breath.

Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
They fall asleep in class. Throw ink on each other. Never come in Mondays. And they're just the teachers.
Overview
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.

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Directed by
Arthur Hiller
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • education
  • corruption
  • betrayal
  • justice
  • morality
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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