5.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Teachers (1984)
Teachers (1984)
Overview
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Fandango
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Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Viewer Rating
5.5
Overview
A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing the school for graduating their son who still cannot read or write. Amid the daily chaos of teaching in an inner city school, Alex Jurel tries to decide if he will lie at his deposition to protect the school or tell the truth and risk throwing away his career.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Fandango
Powered byDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film critiques the systemic failures and bureaucratic inefficiencies within the public education system, aligning with a left-leaning perspective that seeks to improve public institutions rather than dismantle them, by championing the dedication of individual teachers against these obstacles.
The film features traditional casting for its era, with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on the challenges within the education system without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The film features a gay student who faces homophobic bullying from peers. While this depicts negative experiences, a teacher actively defends the student, critiquing the prejudice. The portrayal is incidental to the main narrative, neither strongly uplifting nor denigrating queer identity, resulting in a neutral net impact.
The film "Teachers, 1984" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the challenges within a public high school, including legal issues, teacher morale, and student problems, without incorporating any elements related to transsexual identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Teachers (1984) is an original film and not an adaptation of existing source material or a reboot of legacy characters. Therefore, no characters were established in a prior canon to undergo a gender swap.
The film "Teachers" (1984) is an original production, not an adaptation of existing material or a biopic. Its characters are new and do not have a pre-established race from prior canon or history to be compared against for a race swap.
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