Tenure (2008) 6.0
A college professor competes for tenure with a hot-shot female colleague. Director:Mike MillionWriter:Mike Million |
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Tenure (2008) 6.0
A college professor competes for tenure with a hot-shot female colleague. Director:Mike MillionWriter:Mike Million |
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| Luke Wilson | ... |
Charlie Thurber
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| Gretchen Mol | ... |
Elaine Grasso
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| David Koechner | ... |
Jay Hadley
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| Sasha Alexander | ... | ||
| Bob Gunton | ... |
William Thurber
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| Rosemarie DeWitt | ... |
Beth
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| Michael Cudlitz | ... |
Tim
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William Bogert | ... |
Dean Leakey
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| Andrew Daly | ... |
Warren
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Ellen Tobie | ... |
Professor Hannah Slocumb
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| Zach Selwyn | ... |
Buck
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| Hilary Pingle | ... |
Robin
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| Nathan Pham | ... |
Stan
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| Van Hughes | ... |
Ben
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| Lily Holleman | ... |
Blair
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At a Pennsylvania college, Charlie Thurber is a good teacher without publications. His tenure review is in three months, and he's trying to get an article in print. Out of the blue, the dean announces that a new assistant professor will join them, a scholarly young woman from Yale. Charlie now faces competition. His best friend Jay, an anthropologist looking for Sasquatch, urges Charlie to declare war on the new colleague. He gives in to his better judgment and goes along. Meanwhile, his father hates the local assisted living facility where he lives, Charlie tries to connect with a woman he sees on television, and one of his students makes a pass. Is tenure in the works? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I am not going to bash this movie as many have done... I saw the movie, and was think I set the bar too high. Without giving away too much of the movie, I found that the acting was good, the story was different from a "bottled, formulaic, Animal House-ish" rewrite college comedy.
It was smart, clever, and told a good tale, there was only a small amount of unanswered questions I had in my mind when it ended... I stared at the screen and said... "OK...it wasn't awful, it was .... well OK"
The bottom line is, I am not going to say it was a horrible movie, because it was not... I found that I was entertained by the movie, and they did not try to market it as a blockbuster.. A decent film, and not too far removed from what it was about.. trying to get tenure at a College.