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By Anne Cohen (87) for Refinery29 (181) on 11 Oct 2018

Sarah Colangelo directs this American adaptation of Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid's 2014 drama by the same name, and she masterfully creates…

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By Candice Frederick (452) for The Week (85) on 11 Oct 2018

All too often white feminism, as portrayed on the silver screen, highlights female complexity at the detriment of non-white characters…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 11 Oct 2018

The art that The Kindergarten Teacher is scanning can be found in Gyllenhaal’s eyes, hungry for a life of the mind and one starved of meaning…

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By Oliver G (189) on 10 Oct 2018

Great performance and appreciate the all women cast, crew director and producer…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Oct 2018

The Kindergarten Teacher may offer a less audacious, more stylistically muted version of its predecessor, but by the time its quietly perfect…

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By Simi Horwitz (83) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 10 Oct 2018

The Kindergarten Teacher is a flawed movie, but it presents an onscreen character original enough to be worth knowing…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for New York Times (5,786) on 10 Oct 2018

Fluidly capturing the trajectory of a ruinous obsession, the writer and director, Sara Colangelo, skillfully fudges the line between mentoring…

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By Peter S (23) on 10 Oct 2018

Great performance and appreciate the all women cast, crew director and producer…

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By Josh Bell (1,421) for Film Racket (579) on 10 Oct 2018

Gyllenhaal's fantastic performance makes every decision completely believable, keeping Lisa a sympathetic character even when she's methodically…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 10 Oct 2018

Maggie Gyllenhaal goes from caring to creepy in this Netflix release…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 10 Oct 2018

Colangelo's best move was to cast Gyllenhaal, who captures Lisa's conflicted emotions in subtle gestures and expressions, never overplaying…

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By Vikram Murthi (112) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 09 Oct 2018

It’s just a shame that the edge-of-your-seat suspense negates The Kindergarten Teacher’s preceding psychological power…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Denver Westword (26) on 09 Oct 2018

The Kindergarten Teacher dares us to work out for ourselves, from moment to moment, whether Lisa is a hero, a monster or something in-between…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for TheWrap (3,203) on 09 Oct 2018

Anyone with some patience and a penchant for thoughtful ambiguity will find more than enough rewards here, from Gyllenhaal’s intelligent…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 08 Oct 2018

Gyllenhaal, bright-eyed and brittle, brings her signature intensity to the role, though Lisa’s true inner world remains murky; it’s never…

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By Ella Kemp (95) for Culture Whisper (31) on 08 Oct 2018

The Kindergarten Teacher asks clever questions of moral responsibility, creative control and emotional maturity to great, engaging effect…

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By Liam M (554) on 14 Sep 2018

This movie doesn't know what it wants to be... a psychological thriller, a drama, a black comedy…

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By Kevin P (1,697) on 14 Sep 2018

This movie doesn't know what it wants to be... a psychological thriller, a drama, a black comedy…

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By Robert S (1,498) on 14 Sep 2018

This movie doesn't know what it wants to be... a psychological thriller, a drama, a black comedy…

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By Kevin R (2,184) on 14 Sep 2018

This movie doesn't know what it wants to be... a psychological thriller, a drama, a black comedy…

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