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Half Nelson (2006)
description written by member Zara:
Ryan Fleck's feature film debut tells the story of an unlikely friendship that helps a self-destructive educator pull it together. In his struggle to balance his personal and professional lives, inner-city teacher Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling, in an Oscar-nominated role) spends most of his time nursing hangovers. But who could've known that a life-changing lesson would come from one of his students (Shareeka Epps)? Gosling and Epps both won Independent Spirit awards for their lead roles.
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Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps were just plain awesome in this film by Ryan Fleck.
Gosling was impressive as an addict that was trying to hold on and teach. You could see the constant struggle as he fought giving up. The back and forth with Epps was quietly enchanting. Both certainly showed great acting talent in this...
(complete Half Nelson review by B Movie Ben)
Half Nelson Movie Review by Tim  (12/19/2007) |
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Wow.....I need to borrow Doc Brown's time machine and get my two hours back. I gave this film 1 star just because I thought Ryan Gosling was pretty good in the film and hopefully he knew this film was a huge risk, but trying to broaden his acting he wanted to do something Independent.
Gosling plays a white crackhead...
(complete Half Nelson review by Tim)
| Half Nelson Movie Review by Jarrod (8/18/2007) |
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'Half Nelson' is about a white teacher in a predominantly black school. He earnestly tries to inspire and engage his students, and they like him, though he does not follow the established curriculum, rather spending most of his time talking about dialectics, though he does try to impart the significance of the civil...
(complete Half Nelson review by Jarrod)
| Half Nelson Movie Review by Zara (2/23/2007) |
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Let me point out something very important. Ryan Gosling is fantastic in this. His acting is subtle and never goes into the over-the-top dramatics that usually go hand in hand with an actor playing a drug addict. While I doubt he'll actually do it, I'd love to see him Adrien Brody the f*ck out of the Oscars this year.
As a...
(complete Half Nelson review by Zara)
| Half Nelson Movie Review by Matthew (9/5/2006) |
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"Half Nelson" is probably not a film you have heard of. And that's a shame. An independent film starring Ryan Gosling ("The Notebook", "Murder By Numbers"), released by a very small independent company, it will be difficult for most to find this film, but it is well worth the effort to search for it. I first heard of it...
(complete Half Nelson review by Matthew)
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