The Professor

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The Professor

R,

2019,

1h 30m,

Comedy/

Drama

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After learning he has six months to live, a college lecturer transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor -- and to the delight of his students -- he leads a crusade against authority and hypocrisy.

Critics Consensus

A muddled story populated with thinly written characters and arranged around a misguided Johnny Depp performance, The Professor fails early and often.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Jun 25, 2019

Depp, sporting a distractingly foppish, unfurling-flag hairdo, commits to his character's tricky balancing act but over-relies on his signature rakishness to fully convince.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

May 17, 2019

1.5/4

Poof! No doubt this movie will disappear quickly before our very eyes.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

May 17, 2019

2/4

[The Professor] is more subservient to feel-good cliches than its too-cool-for-school veneer indicates.

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Jamie Healy

Radio Times

Jun 17, 2019

3/5

It's American Beauty meets Dead Poets Society given a terminal-disease twist, and while not as scathing nor as inspirational as those films, The Professor happily mines laughs from the darkest of places.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Jun 7, 2019

Johnny Depp finds some emotional depth amid the eccentricities, but this muddled character study about a dying man's final days can't match his efforts.

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Ron Wilkinson

It's Just Movies

May 30, 2019

7/10

An off-season ditty for Johnny Depp, this short story of a short life gives Depp the time to do a short performance.

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Synopsis

After learning he has six months to live, a college lecturer transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor -- and to the delight of his students -- he leads a crusade against authority and hypocrisy.

Director: Wayne Roberts
Producer: Warren Carr, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Greg Shapiro
Screenwriter: Wayne Roberts
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Relic Pictures, Global Road Entertainment, Automatik Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Drug Use|Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 17, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2019
Runtime: 1h 30m

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