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School of Life

2005 · 111 min

A gentle, good-natured TV drama that coasts on small-town school charm and a soft lesson about growing up in someone else's shadow.

Directed by
William Dear
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Tagline
This School Rocks!
Overview
At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman Warner has won the award. Now that he has died, the burden of carrying the legacy falls into the hands of Matt Warner, the son of the late Norman Warner who has always lived in the shadow of his father.

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Directed by
William Dear
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • grief
  • redemption
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama, family, tv movie
Directed by
William Dear
Written by
Jonathan Kahn
Starring
David Paymer, Ryan Reynolds, Kate Vernon, Andrew Robb, John Astin, Don MacKay, Brenda McDonald, Paul Jarrett
Music
Ari Wise
Cinematography
Brian Pearson
Runtime
111 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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