Half Nelson
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 158 Ratings
- Starring: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps
- Summary: Dan, an idealistic inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit, and Drey, one of his troubled students, stumble into an unexpected friendship that threatens either to undo them or to provide the vital change they both need to move forward in their lives. (ThinkFilm)
- Director: Ryan Fleck
- Genre(s): Drama
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100Superb drama from New York-based filmmakers Ryan Flek and Anna Boden.
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100Half Nelson offers an opportunity to marvel, once again, at the dazzling talent of Ryan Gosling for playing young men as believable as they are psychologically trip-wired.
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If there was ever any doubt, with Half Nelson, Ryan Gosling establishes himself as a major talent and one of the finest young actors around.
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Too bad there is only about half an hour's worth of story here. Mostly, we just watch the teacher get high, and his classroom talks about civil rights are nothing but filler.
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TyP10In my top 5 movies of all time. Captures a lifestyle in an subtle, accurate, and painful piece of art.
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