The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)


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.

The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

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Released Year: 2018
Runtime: 96 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Sara Colangelo
Writers: Nadav Lapid

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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.

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The Guardian - Jordan Hoffman
The Kindergarten Teacher is probably the only movie about poetry with an ending as tense as any thriller.
83
IndieWire - David Ehrlich
Gyllenhaal has been too good too often to label any one of her performances as her best, but she’s certainly never been better than she is here.
80
The Hollywood Reporter - David Rooney
Rippling with psychological complexity and sneaky humor, this is a rich character study that takes constantly surprising turns.
80
New York Magazine (Vulture) - Emily Yoshida
Lisa’s drive is more than biological; it’s intellectual and emotional, and that’s what keeps what often risks becoming camp madness in an identifiably human place — almost all the way to the end.
80
Screen International - Tim Grierson
Writer-director Sara Colangelo’s intimate, slender drama withholds much about its main character, which allows Gyllenhaal to sketch the outline of a fractured soul.

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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.

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.

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.

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.