Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Adrien Brody | ... | Henry Barthes | |
Marcia Gay Harden | ... | Principal Carol Dearden | |
James Caan | ... | Mr. Charles Seaboldt | |
Christina Hendricks | ... | Ms. Sarah Madison | |
Lucy Liu | ... | Dr. Doris Parker | |
Blythe Danner | ... | Ms. Perkins | |
Tim Blake Nelson | ... | Mr. Wiatt | |
William Petersen | ... | Mr. Sarge Kepler | |
Bryan Cranston | ... | Mr. Dearden | |
Sami Gayle | ... | Erica | |
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Betty Kaye | ... | Meredith |
Louis Zorich | ... | Grampa | |
Isiah Whitlock Jr. | ... | Mr. Mathias | |
Chris Papavasiliou | ... | Dr. Hart | |
Kwoade Cross | ... | Andy |
In Director Tony Kaye's Detachment, Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody stars as Henry Barthes, an educator with a true talent to connect with his students. Yet Henry has chosen to bury his gift. By spending his days as a substitute teacher, he conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form an attachment to either students or colleagues. When a new assignment places him at a public school where a frustrated, burned-out administration has created an apathetic student body, Henry quickly becomes a role model as a teacher who actually cares about the well-being of these students. In finding an emotional connection to the students but also fellow teachers and a runaway teen, he finds that he's not alone in a life and death struggle to find beauty in a seemingly vicious and loveless world. Written by Tribeca Film
A story about a teacher who wants to make a difference. Very touching story with some twisted story lines about real life. It makes you see how hard life can be for a lot of adolescents. Of course, the people in this movie project some of the saddest life stories and not everybody has it this hard, but I think a lot of people can recognize some of the life problems of this movie.
Adrien Brody projects the right emotions at the right time in the movie. Sadness, happiness, joy and trauma, every feeling has its place in this movie. The use of real students and an existing school in combination with great filming gives the viewer the feeling its all real. A quality that makes a movie great.
The movie inspired me. I'm a elementary school teacher and I see a lot of kids, sometimes heading in the wrong direction. It gave me a feeling of hope and drive to help these children, even if it seems hopeless.
Please, go and see this wonderful movie!