Friday, March 24, 2017

The English Teacher (2013)


Released May 17th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York.
The story : Linda Sinclair is a hopeless romantic.
Forty-five , living alone , Linda spends her life teaching high school kids and reading.
While at the bank one evening , Linda runs into a former student of hers.
She gives him a ride home and learns he has giving up writing , as he is back home now from New York after trying his hand at screen writing.
He explains to Linda that he wrote a play but hes sure its a failure.
Linda can think of nothing more than reading the play and after she does , she can think of nothing other than it is a great story.
She calls her former student and tells him all about what she thought.
She explains that she has a friend at the Drama club at school that she would like to give his play to and possibly have him put on a show with it.
Lindas plan works and production of the show goes along.
Linda invites her former student to be involved in the making of the show but while spending time with her while she constantly encourages him , the two have sex.
Now this is really bothering Linda and she decides to put an end to any future chances with her former student.
But when he begins flirting with one of the girls from the Drama club , Linda freaks out.
Stars Julianne Moore , (voice) Fiona Shore , Michael Angarano , Greg Kinnear , Nathan Lane , Lily Collins , Jessica Hecht , Norbert Leo Butz , Charlie Saxton , Sophie Lane Curtis , Nikki Blonsky
Directed by Craig Zisk
Rated R
DRAMA/COMEDY

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