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An unpopular high school teacher turns his life around after a student is kidnapped.An unpopular high school teacher turns his life around after a student is kidnapped.An unpopular high school teacher turns his life around after a student is kidnapped.
Darrell James
- Bartender
- (as Darrell Jones)
Joshua Farrell
- Unit Cop 2
- (as Josh Hutchinson)
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- TriviaHayden Panettiere plays a high school student as in the Heroes series.
- GoofsHallway student (Tom Bunker) is seen walking down the hall as Mr. Gibb walks by and acknowledges him. Split scene right after that you can see the hallway student again leaning up against a locker as Mr. Gibb goes by talking to one of the teachers.
- Quotes
Honest Phil Palmer: Next time take a dump on my face!
- ConnectionsReferences Dawn of the Dead (2004)
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failed quirkiness and not dark enough
Mr. Ronald Gibb (Tim Daly) is a depressed slovenly widowed high school history teacher. His students are bored. His neighbor Holly (Paula Devicq) is interested in him. He has a crush on popular cheerleader Ally Palmer (Hayden Panettiere). She's in a TV ad for her father (William Sadler)'s used car lot. Smart alec Amber (Sarah Steele) teases him about it. Ally breaks up with her boyfriend Brett and Gibb drives her home. Janitor Gabe (Dan Hedaya) notices them together. She gives him a kiss. Then she's kidnapped from her home. Amber publishes a picture of the kiss and Gibb is suspended from school.
The production is a bit weak. Director David Ostry doesn't have a compelling style. The movie tries to be quirky but mostly fails. It's also not dark enough. I follow this for the kidnapping mystery but not much else.
The production is a bit weak. Director David Ostry doesn't have a compelling style. The movie tries to be quirky but mostly fails. It's also not dark enough. I follow this for the kidnapping mystery but not much else.
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- Jun 1, 2015
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