ドラッグが蔓延するブルックリンの劣悪なエリアを舞台に、ドラッグ中毒であるカリスマ歴史教師と彼の秘密を知ってしまった女子生徒の交流、教師の闇からの再生を描く。ライアン・ゴズリング主演による幻の衝撃作。
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製作費: $700,000 (1億円)
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監督: Ryan Fleck
脚本: Ryan Fleck / Anna Boden
音楽: Kevin Drew
制作: Scott London / Lynette Howell Taylor / Alex Orlovsky
撮影監督: Andrij Parekh
制作会社: Hunting Lane Films / Journeyman Pictures / Original Media / Silverwood Films / Traction Media
Ryan Gosling is on very natural form here as the teacher "Dan" who has a bit of a drug habit after school. He's a good teacher. Well liked. A man who gets results from a class of students who would almost all rather be somewhere else, and he coaches the girls' basketball team too. Luckily for him, it's one of his pupils, "Drey" (Shareeka Epps), that discovers him a bit worse for wear in the school toilet and swiftly a friendship develops. It's one of mutual understanding. His life is a mess and she is having to deal with divorced and largely absent parents. Her brother "Mike" is in jail for drug offences, but quickly we learn that it's "Frank" (Anthony Mackie) who's really the culprit there. He tries to take care of the girl, but when the two men meet it's clear that "Dan" thinks" Frank" should leave her alone; he's a bad influence. Needless to say, there are views taken about the appropriateness of their friendship but somehow that just galvanises them into trying to help each other. For "Dan", to perhaps stop treating the women in his life like dirt; and for "Drey" to have the confidence to grab life by the throat. It's a slowly paced look at human nature this film and there's quite a degree of chemistry between the charismatic Gosling and the Epps. They are walking a tightrope that puts his career at risk and she is at a junction in her life where choices will map her future. Mackie only features sparingly but again, his character is a little more sophisticated than your usual drug dealer. "Frank" does appear to care for his charge and seems prepared to engage with "Dan", up to a point, to help the girl choose a better life. Is there room for optimism or is it all a fait accompli? Plenty of plausible emotions on display here.
