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Half Nelson

2006, Movie, 1h 47min

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

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Reviews

Critic Angie Errigo

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...sidestep the clichés of the white-teacher-who-spreads-knowledge-in-an-inner-city-school sub-genre and the drearier aspects of the drug dependency drama, creating an original work that is moving, not without humour...

Read full review at Empire

Critic Roger Ebert

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Everything that makes this movie so terrific is right there in that scene, in the interplay between these two characters -- and these two actors.

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Scott Tobias

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Gosling excels at playing contradictory characters like this one...

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Anders Korsgaard Pedersen

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Half boring. Half paced. Half awake Rosling. Half good movie.

11 months ago

Critic Marc Savlov

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'Half Nelson', with its bleakly hopeful view of humanity both damned and redeemed – simultaneously – is uncomfortably, almost exactly right.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Critic Søren Langelund

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...der portrætteres hjertevarme og karakterdybde i en på overfladen kold historie...

Read full review at Cinemazone

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In this powerful and poignant drama, Ryan Gosling delivers an Oscar-nominated performance as Dan Dunne, a charismatic but troubled middle school teacher who leads a double life as a drug addict. Despite his dedication to his students, Dan's addiction threatens to destroy everything he holds dear. When one of his students, Drey (Shareeka Epps), discovers his secret, an unlikely bond forms between them that could change their lives forever. With its gritty realism and raw emotional power, Half Nelson is a moving portrayal of redemption and the human spirit.