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  • Detachment
  • Opened March 16, 2012 (NY; 3/23 LA) | Runtime:1 hr 37 min
  • NR
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • Henry Barthes (Adrien Brody) is a substitute teacher who shuns emotional connections, and never stays long enough in one district to bond with his students or colleagues. Troubled and lost, Henry lands at a public school where an apathetic student Read More
  • Cast: Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan, Lucy Liu, Christina Hendricks
  • Director: Tony Kaye
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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  • Lucy Liu in "Detachment."
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  • Must Go!

    don't go, run.

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    This is the best movie I have seen this year - and a very, very, very powerful "talkie" (in Tony Kaye's idiom): devastating and healing. Grounding. Generous. Don't get why critics did not get it - maybe it lack cynicism. Anyway. It's pure emotion. Acting is superb. Adrien Brody, James Caan and the rest of the cast will just sweep you off your feet. Hats off, Mister Kaye. And thank you.

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    Detachment review

    by michaeldj58

    Haunting and full of sorrow, but there is a gleam of hope at the end. No solutions are presented for improving the public school system, but the film acts as a call to arms. The film is poetic and stylish as well as handling several serious issues with honesty and sensitivity. Very moving.

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    by felixasolis

    Worth seeing it. Important.

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So-so Avg. Critic Score 52 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    The New Yorker | Anthony Lane

    It is the greatest biblio-climax of any film since "Fahrenheit 451," although...

  • 75
    NPR | Ella Taylor

    Nobody's idea of "Mr. Holland's Opus," but it winds up in a similar place, more...

  • 75
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    When it stays in the classroom, Detachment is a scrappy testament - to the...

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Adrien Brody deserves superlatives for his acting in the alternately...

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