Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This is an amazingly dreary and uninteresting mockumentary about a fictitious school. In this school, all the teachers seem to be idiots and the administration isn't any better. The students are uninterested in learning and based on the school environment, I wouldn't be either.The problem with this film is that the acting and the characters are too broad and stereotypical. There just isn't a lot of depth to the thing and the acting is rather amateurish. Heck, if I said "teachers are stupid" then that is about as deep as this film.Because it's so dull and doesn't offer a lot of insights, I don't really know who this is written for or who would want to see it. I am a school teacher, and I found it unfunny since the teachers were so bad and so incompetent that it really wasn't something I could connect with or appreciate. There is no subtlety or insight for me--perhaps you might enjoy it more.Not without some minor laughs, but that's about all. It's easy to say teachers are stupid (and I'll admit, some really are), but there isn't any message beyond that in this film.

it was not immediately clear that this was a scripted movie; as a documentary it would have fared better.the realism is there, unfortunately. any former teacher who watches this is likely to experience a particularly poisonous form of nostalgia for the first few years of the classroom.so we are left with a "comedy" that is not funny and a "documentary" that includes a fantasy dance sequence between two of the teachers, along with extraneous footage of teachers playing basketball at the end of the school year.this is the only movie about school i've ever considered turning off.

A most enjoyable film especially for those, like my wife, who have been in education for many years. "Many a truth is said in jest" and this movie hits the nail on the head, in that it is very funny, endearing and true all at the same time. The world of teachers is a parallel universe as far removed from the students as the students are from the teachers...but sometimes the worlds meet and in the collision a new understanding is formed...sometimes. From a more philosophical point of view that is where I think the comedy had a point of view..."teachers are human too" with foibles and triumphs. How refreshing to see something about the teachers in contrast to all the relentless trash on TV and movies which place emphasis on the failure of education. YUK if only the world new how tough teaching really is. I only wish this movie could somehow go mainstream.

Delightful mockumentary about new teachers. Well cast, well acted, and a brilliant structure that not only plays for laughs, but more than little 'only serious' edge to it. Basically if you were ever a student or a teacher, or a parent of a student, you'll get something out of this film. There's not much more I can say about it besides go see it when it hopefully releases in March. Oh, and it's so good, there's talk about it becoming a series. Think thats premature? Wait til you see the most refreshing sendup on spelling bees ever imagined. Then think about the fact that the extras playing students and teachers are just that. It's fresh and kinetic, and doesn't take itself too seriously.