ChuckFlixs: The Kindergarten Teacher · Screenfellas Entertainment

Iâ€™m sorry that this review is late but I needed some time to reflect and the let the movie sink in. The movie that Iâ€™ll be talking about is The Kindergarten Teacher staring Maggie Gyllenhaal who plays a kindergarten teacher named Lisa. She believes that world is changing and trying to do away with art. She takes up poetry but quickly realizes that she cannot write well. Then one day she hears one of her students saying a wonderful poem. She believes that he as an extraordinary gift and is a prodigy. She is fascinated with his talent so much it becomes an obsession.

Maggie Gyllenhaal gives an amazing performance in this movie. Besides the child she is the main character. She definitely carries this film on her own without any problem. You can tell that she truly cares and wants the best for the student played by Parker Sevak. Now for only being 5 years old Parker did a fantastic job. Most of his lines were poems but the fact that he could remember them is amazing. I canâ€™t wait to follow his career in the future.

The director of this film is Sara Colangelo and she does an amazing job. She makes you love and hate the main character Lisa. Now when Lisa becomes obsessed with her student Jimmy she makes some really poor decisions. When she makes those decisions you think she is absolutely crazy. But on the other hand you know she cares about her student. She just doesnâ€™t know how to help him. So in that instance youâ€™re like wow she just wants to help. I ended up thinking that she was right in some instances but a complete lunatic in others.

My last positive is the last line of the movie which is delivered by Jimmy. Itâ€™s a fantastic why to end the film and helps you sympathize with Lisa as well.

Now I donâ€™t have a lot of negatives but I do have some. Lisa has two kids of her own and I really didnâ€™t care about her relationship with them. I think it would have been better if she didnâ€™t have kids. I also didnâ€™t care for her husband. Like her kids her husband wasnâ€™t in the movie a lot. I felt like they didnâ€™t add anything to the film. But my least favorite character was the poetry teacher. They had something happen with his character that was completely pointless.

One of the worst scenes in the movie is when Lisa and her husband are making out on their couch. Then her phone rings and she stops in the middle of it to answer a phone call from a 5 year old.

Rating- 9/10