
Detachment
Taste attributes: dramaanimalsslowfresh & originalheavylinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeAn inventive drama, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
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Synopsis
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Appian Way
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











