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- HULU
- Nov 10, 2020
- HULU
- Nov 10, 2020
Summary High school teacher Claire (Kate Mara) has an affair with her student Eric (Nick Robinson) in this adaptation of Hannah Fidell's film of the same name.
- HULU
- Nov 10, 2020
- HULU
- Nov 10, 2020
Summary High school teacher Claire (Kate Mara) has an affair with her student Eric (Nick Robinson) in this adaptation of Hannah Fidell's film of the same name.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
67
56% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
44% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Negative
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A stunning character study that understands all of the stakes and implications of the story it is telling. And if you saw Fidell’s 2013 film, this version is very, very different, and goes further in many ways. The story is all the richer for doing so. It is a fascinating consideration, well told. And well worth your time.
As a whole piece of work, “A Teacher” is an intensive, immersive study of how abuse works and the intimate damage it can wreak. When broken up into individual episodes, though, the series stands on far more tenuous ground.
This A Teacher isn’t a stretched-out “five-hour movie” of her original vision, but a miniseries that feels much more fleshed-out and thought-through, with surprisingly little overlap between the two projects.
Robinson, with his boyish, sad-eyed beauty and quiet charm, deftly manages Eric’s transition from lovestruck kid to haunted young adult. He and Mara have a palpable chemistry (but don’t worry, folks — Robinson is 25). As Claire, Mara does her best work after the affair is exposed.
Mara and Robinson are good leads – you can see him wilt as the years go by – but they also don’t provide enough of the why.
Mara and Robinson really are excellent, and the series has unsettling atmosphere to spare. But outside of some specific moments in its second half, A Teacher feels as superficial and generic as its title. There may be a great 10-episode version of this story, but this is unfortunately not it. [Nov 2020, p.73]
It takes its sweet time getting anywhere and it’s not an engaging trip. Both Ms. Mara and Mr. Robinson create characters who are sympathetic but also uninteresting; neither provides a reason to hang on for 10 episodes.
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