Rotten
A loud, grating wallow in dime-store despair.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Overview
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
Director and cast
- Tony Kaye Director
- Adrien Brody as Henry Barthes
- Marcia Gay Harden as Principal Carol Dearden
- James Caan as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
- Christina Hendricks as Ms. Sarah Madison
- Lucy Liu as Dr. Parker
- Blythe Danner as Ms. Perkins
- Tim Blake Nelson as Mr. Wiatt
- William Petersen as Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
- Bryan Cranston Cast
- Sami Gayle Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The film is guilty of reverse sentimentality, where the relentless unhappiness comes to seem as manufactured and artificial as the schmaltz in a romcom.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Detachment gets an A for enthusiasm but a C for execution.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Fresh
There's something weirdly effective about the artistic desperation, which includes inserts of chalkboard animation and to-the-camera testimonials.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Everywhere you turn in Detachment, someone is trying to make you feel like hell.
Mary F. Pols, TIME Magazine
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