The read
A Balasaur Score of 61 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 50%, Metacritic 49/100. Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
413 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael HoffmanDirector
- Neil TolkinScreenplay
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kevin KlineWilliam Hundert
- Emile HirschSedgewick Bell
- Jesse EisenbergLouis Masoudi
- Rishi MehtaDeepak Mehta
- Paul DanoMartin Blythe
- Rob MorrowJames Ellerby
- Embeth DavidtzElizabeth
- Edward HerrmannHeadmaster Woodbridge
- Helen CareyMiss Johnston
- Molly ReganMiss Peters
- Helen CareyMiss Johnston
- Purva BediAnna Mehta
Stills
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Themes
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