2010 · tv-movie · thriller · coming-of-age
The Perfect Teacher
Directed by Jim Donovan1h 30m2010
A spoiled, selfish teenager becomes infatuated with her teacher. She befriends his daughter as a way of worming her way into the family, and sets about manipulating every aspect of his life.
Our read: The Perfect Teacher (2010) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded tv-movie · thriller · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured tv-movie / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- cold
- intimate
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