A Teacher's Crime (2008) (TV)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Robert Malenfant

Writers:

Christine Conradt (writer)
Corbin Mezner (writer)

Release Date:

3 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Her first mistake... was getting close to him.

Plot:

Carrie is an attractive high school history teacher who one day decides to help a troubled student, taking an special interest for him, unaware of the ruthless and perverse scheme masterminded for her. |

Plot Keywords:

Teacher Student Attraction | Troubled Youth | Attraction | Intimidation | Threat

Cast

Ashley Jones	...	Carrie Ryans
Erik Knudsen	...	Jeremy Rander
Chris Mulkey	...	Bill Rander
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Claudia Besso	...	Patti Meyers
Larry Day	...	Detective Chay
Ellen Dubin	...	Anne Libby
James Gallanders	...	Dean Ryans
Kyle Gatehouse	...	Pete Morten
Art Hindle	...	David McMillian
Paula Jean Hixson	...	Principal Wilson
Tommie-Amber Pirie	...	Jennifer Smith
Tom Rack	...	Evan
Sonya Salomaa	...	Shannon
Veronique-Natale Szalankiewicz	...	Lacey Ryans

Runtime:

Argentina:112 min (DVD version) | Netherlands:93 min (DVD)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Capital Productions

a failure of a movie

The movie puts far too heavy emphasis on the weak dialogue. Simply put, the people in this movie talk like books, and it really shows. The roles of the actors are unanimously archetypal and lack any and all depth. Probably the weakest thing in the film is Ashley Jones's acting, which is clearly not at the level necessary for a dialogue heavy film-- her portrayal of a teacher is completely unconvincing.

The plot was not altogether terrible but poor directing simply made this movie an assembly line of clichés (the plot could have been salvaged with strong acting, good script, and a greater focus on either horror, or relevant pressing issues. Not to mention the plot is neither plausible nor remotely menacing. The cinematography is amateurish and the script was overwritten and juvenile.

The part of the film that almost makes it comedic, is the score. At scarcely rare moments when i found myself actually feeling sorry for Jeremy Rander's character, a much too over the top song would start playing. This made the movie an almost unintentional satire and hilarious to make fun of.

One thing they did right in the film was the pacing; the thanklessly weak plot managed to progress smoothly.

Watch only if u get some kind of enjoyment in bad films.