The Kindergarten Teacher

10/12/20181h 36m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

Overview:

Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.

Director:

Sara Colangelo

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

poetry
kindergarten
child prodigy
teacher
remake
little boy
teacher student relationship
poetry reading
staten island, new york city

Cast

Maggie Gyllenhaal

~ as ~

Lisa Spinelli

Parker Sevak

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Jimmy Roy

Gael García Bernal

~ as ~

Simon

Michael Chernus

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Grant Spinelli

Rosa Salazar

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Becca

Ajay Naidu

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Nikhil Roy

Anna Baryshnikov

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Meghan

Daisy Tahan

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Lainie Spinelli

Sam Jules

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Josh Spinelli

Samrat Chakrabarti

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Sanjay Roy

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 3 year(s) ago
8
A strange one.

'The Kindergarten Teacher' does an impressive job at making the situations portrayed uncomfortable, like I was literally cringing all the way through - and I mean that in a good way. I'm not entirely convinced it lands completely, but I did like watching it all play out and Maggie Gyllenhaal puts in a superb performance. It gets 8/10 thanks to Mags.