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To Sir, with Love II

1996 · 92 min

A gentle, earnest drama about a dedicated teacher reaching troubled students, with a warm nostalgic glow and mild social tension.

Overview
After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of teaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • education
  • found family
  • identity
  • redemption
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Peter Bogdanovich
Written by
Philip Rosenberg
Starring
Sidney Poitier, Christian Payton, Dana Eskelson, Fernando López, Casey Lluberes, Michael Gilio, LZ Granderson, Bernadette Speakes
Music
Trevor Lawrence
Cinematography
William Birch
Runtime
92 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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