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Detachment (15)

Detachment (15)

Drama

A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.


The critical consensus

While Brody is likable enough, Kaye seems so intent on shocking the audience that his film teeters into self-parody, a self-important, humourless exposé of modern education that eventually becomes exhausting to watch.

**(*)(*)(*)The List, 12/06/2012

While you can admire the rigour of director Tony Kaye’s (American History X) bleak vision, it’s impossible to take his didactic diatribe as seriously as it takes itself.

**(*)(*)(*)Neil Smith, Total Film, 02/07/2012

Incredible performances from the cast, but Detachment is perhaps just too pretentiously depressing for its own good.

**(*)(*)(*)Angie Errigo, Empire Online, 09/07/2012

An artfully raw, hysterically pitched polemic decrying the failings in the American public schooling system.

***(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 12/07/2012

If there was an exam in designer misery, Detachment would score an A.

**(*)(*)(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 12/07/2012

It's watchable enough, but the bludgeoning screenplay seems undercooked compared to the high-grade actors on show.

***(*)(*)Andrew Pulver, The Guardian, 12/07/2012

Like the system it deplores, it's pretty much a mess, though with a cast this strong you get moments of saving grace.

***(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 13/07/2012

Overflowing with anger and anguish Detachment is an impressive achievement with a notable supporting cast.

****(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 13/07/2012

To Sir With Love it most certainly ain’t.

****(*)David Edwards, Daily Record, 13/07/2012

A film every bit as troubled as the characters it portrays.

**(*)(*)(*)Matt Bochenski, Little White Lies, 12/07/2012

The big-name supporting cast...seem to have arrived on set for a ludicrously undignified workshop of mid-life-crisis performance art.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 13/07/2012

The acting is excellent but the movie is the sort of thing that gives pessimism a bad name.

Philip French, The Observer, 15/07/2012


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General release. Check local listings for show times.

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