Sunday, October 28, 2018

The KinderGarten Teacher (2018)









Sara Colangelo’s The KinderGarten Teacher is one of those rare films where actor intent, writing intent and directing intent all come together as they should and create something with a message beyond as solid than anything one is expecting when they watch this film.



The Kindergarten Teacher is about Lisa Spinelli played by Maggie Gyllenhaal, a kindergarten teacher recently intrigued by poetry and who frequently attends a poetry night class. One day she unexpectedly finds out one of her child students has a knack for creating impactful insightful poetry, which takes Lisa in a irresponsible direction, way beyond anyone’s expectations. 



The Kindergarten Teacher is the most interestingly uncomfortable character study to come out this year and/or to be released on Netflix. Maggie Gyllenhaal does possibly her best performance, portraying a self-centered delusional white female, who through white privilege believes she knows best when it comes to her brown Kindergarten students poetry skills. The films point propels Lisa to convince her young students brown family and everyone around her that her students a genius, while all the while making herself look good and unfortunately, kidnaping a child’s innocence. As the story progresses, Lisa becomes increasingly creepily and ironically narcissistic, and just as you feel sympathy towards Lisa, she does something to detour your perception of her. 



The Kindergarten Teacher is a fine experiment in tone and story progression, and no matter what is perceived by the end of the film, one thing automatically comes to mind.........neglect. 9/10.



  • Maurice Jones 





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