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5 April 2004 (USA) morePlot:
A woman finds her life unraveling after she makes friends with her daughter's teacher. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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The Odd Thing About Serial Killer Movies . . . moreCast
(Credited cast) | Erika Eleniak | ... | Victoria Paige |
 | Patricia Kalember | ... | Samantha Stephens |
 | Ken Tremblett | ... | Nick Stephens |
 | Lori Ann Triolo | ... | Jane Robson (as Lori Triolo) |
 | William MacDonald | ... | Daniel Eliot |
 | Rowen Kahn | ... | Jack Stephens |
 | Keely Purvis | ... | Molly Stephens |
 | Jerry Rector | ... | Businessman |
 | Dean Redman | ... | Policeman |
| Pamela Perry | ... | Realtor |
| Ryan Booth | ... | Detective |
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*** This comment may contain spoilers ***
. . . is that you often end up cheering for the villain. (Well, at least I do.) "The Good Teacher" is no exception. What makes it mildly interesting is that as the killer's psychosis is presented as a fait accompli -- from her first scenes, the audience knows she's a predatory lunatic and the film's mildest suspense and dramatic irony is generated by how long it takes for the intended victims to figure it out. However, the psycho, as played by Erica Eleniak, is so brittle and blatantly manipulative that the rest of the characters have to be thoroughgoing dimwits to figure it out. And Jesus, they are -- every stalker should have such clueless prey. The good doctor, his devoted wife and cute children (the boy who plays the pre-teen son may be the worst child actor in history) are so damn gullible you start to think they deserve their impending doom. Erica Eleniak isn't great, but she's at least entertaining, especially in a semi-comic episode where she picks up a loser in a bar and takes him back to her hotel room for a little "rough sex" that gets a little too rough. The rest of the cast seems pretty zombified, except for the too-smart neighbor and a cute dog that, of course, meets an unfortunate end (why do the makers of these movies hate animals so much?). Mild, mindless entertainment that's almost as much fun to ridicule as it is to watch.