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- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: October 31, 2017
- Originally Released: 2013
- Label: Random Media
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Christina Ricci & Jack Thompson | |
Directed by | Sarah Spillane | |
Edited by | Veronika Jenet | |
Screenwriting by | Sarah Spillane | |
Director of Photography: | Martin McGrath |
Entertainment Reviews:
Every single development in the Wood family's plot trajectory is telegraphed, and these actors deserve to be in a less emotionally bogus drama.
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Hollywood Reporter
Well-intended yet cliche-ridden.
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Variety
'Around the Block' may have its exasperating flaws, but it cannot be accused of not having its heart in the right place.
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UR Chicago Magazine
The film's musty premise, about a novice instructor trying to deter an Aboriginal student from crime with Shakespeare, renders it the cinematic equivalent of warmed-over soup from the school cafeteria.
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Los Angeles Times
Appealing performances, a few tweaks to the clichés of the inspiring-teacher genre, and a sincere desire to counter outrageous racism go a long way toward making this worth a look.
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Flick Filosopher
All the cast is excellent with special mention to Matt Nable, whose minimalist performance as Liam's criminal father is outstanding, providing the film's emotional highlight
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Urban Cinefile
Hamlet In The Hood. Petite Christina Ricci displays a big heart, as a teacher in touch with her inner maternal instinct. And disaffected Aboriginee teens dramatizing in a culturally conscious production, the alienation at the heart of Hamlet, who knew.
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Critical Women
Product Description:
An impassioned American drama teacher in Sydney uses Shakespeare to show a troubled Aboriginal student that his options aren't as limited as they appear in this inspirational drama starring Christina Ricci. Dino Chalmers (Ricci) is a devoted educator who believes that the works of Shakespeare are as relevant today as they were when he was still alive and turning out his best work. When Dino is offered the opportunity to work at an inner-city school in Sidney, she becomes determined to show the at-risk students that there is more to life than their squalid surroundings suggest. In time, Dino forges a friendly bond with 16-year-old Liam, a student from the rough-and-tumble Sydney suburb of Redfern. Meanwhile, the simmering tensions between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians begin to boil over, prompting the idealistic teacher to realize that steering her young student down the right path may be more difficult than she anticipated.
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- Sales Rank: 9,247
- UPC: 883476144009
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