7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
Overview
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Race Swap: Yes
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.4
Overview
Lisa Spinelli is a Staten Island teacher who is unusually devoted to her students. When she discovers one of her five-year-olds is a prodigy, she becomes fascinated with the boy, ultimately risking her family and freedom to nurture his talent.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film explores the psychological descent of a kindergarten teacher obsessed with a student's poetic talent, focusing on individual pathology and the ethical boundaries of mentorship. It does not promote a specific political ideology, instead presenting a character study of unfulfilled artistic ambition and its destructive consequences.
The film features visible diversity in its cast, including prominent Latino and Black actors in supporting roles. The narrative focuses on individual character psychology and does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on strong DEI themes.
Secondary
The 2018 film is an adaptation of a 2014 Israeli movie. The character of the young poetic child, portrayed as white in the original, is depicted by a Black actor in the American remake, constituting a race swap.
The film portrays a protagonist who finds her traditional nuclear family unfulfilling, leading her to an affair and an inappropriate obsession with a student. This narrative questions the ideal of traditional family structures as a source of complete emotional and artistic fulfillment.
The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a kindergarten teacher's escalating obsession with a gifted student, exploring themes of artistic ambition and ethical boundaries without incorporating queer identities or storylines.
The Kindergarten Teacher does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative centers on a teacher's escalating obsession with a young student she believes to be a poetic prodigy, exploring themes of artistic ambition and ethical boundaries.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film is an adaptation where the primary characters' genders align with their portrayals in the original source material. No established characters undergo a gender change.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.6
Critic Ratings
9.0
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