• Trending
    • Certified Fresh & Verified Hot
    • TV Premier dates
    • New horror Movies
    • Best Movies of All Time
  • Movies
    • Movies In Theaters
    • Movies at Home
  • TV Shows
    • New TV
    • Most Popular TV
  • News
    • What to Watch
    • Guides
    • RT News
    • Awards
  • Games
    • Find Your Next Horror Watch
  • Video
  • Showtimes
  • Fanstore
  • About Rotten Tomatoes
  • Critics
  • Download the App Now
  • Logout
Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App New News Showtimes

The Teacher

Play trailer 1:53 Poster for The Teacher 2017,  1h 42m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
The Teacher: Trailer 1 The Teacher: Trailer 1 Now Playing View more videos
Watchlist 91% 32 Reviews Tomatometer 81% 100+ Ratings Popcornmeter
91% Tomatometer 32 Reviews 81% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
A middle school teacher manipulates her student's parents into doing favors for her in exchange for previews of test questions and good grades for their children.

Critics Reviews

View More
Adam Graham Detroit News Jan 19, 2018
B
[An] absorbing Slovak-Czech drama ... Go to Full Review
Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald Dec 1, 2017
4/5
The Teacher brings us an exceptional villain... Go to Full Review
David Stratton The Australian Nov 17, 2017
4/5
Maurery, who won the best actress award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic last year, is impressive as the thoroughly nasty Mrs D. Go to Full Review
Carlos Marañón Cinemanía (Spain) May 1, 2018
3.5/5
... built on the reflection of abuse of political power in life's smallest details. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Hugo Hernández Valdivia Cinexcepción May 1, 2018
7.5/10
The Professor has the virtue of showing how capable humans are to adapt in order to survive especially after disgrace. The film is a commentary on how the system doesn't really change. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Kenneth R. Morefield Christianity Today Jan 13, 2018
3.5
The film understands that broken systems persist precisely because their brokenness benefits somebody. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
Han S Aug 3, 2017 La profesora [2016]
Read all reviews
The Teacher

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Jan Hrebejk

Director

Zuzana Mauréry

Mária Drazdechová

Csongor Kassai

Kucera

Peter Bebjak

Václav Littmann

Zuzana Konecná

Kucerová

Éva Bandor

Hana Binderová

Movie Clips

View All

The Teacher

View more videos

More Like This

View All
Butley 62% Butley Watchlist The Housemaid 100% 77% The Housemaid Watchlist Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel 57% 92% Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel Watchlist TRAILER for Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel The Battle of Jangsari 38% 79% The Battle of Jangsari Watchlist Sing Your Song 95% 79% Sing Your Song Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Related Movie News

View All
View All

The Teacher

The Teacher: Trailer 1 The Teacher: Trailer 1 1:53 Now Playing View more videos
View All

The Teacher

The Teacher (2016) Poster Art The Teacher (2016) The Teacher (2016) A scene from "The Teacher." A scene from "The Teacher." A scene from "The Teacher." View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A middle school teacher manipulates her student's parents into doing favors for her in exchange for previews of test questions and good grades for their children.
Director
Jan Hrebejk
Producer
Andrés Serebrenik, Ondrej Zima, Tibor Búza, Zuzana Mistríková, Katerina Ondrejková, Lubica Orechovská
Screenwriter
Petr Jarchovský
Distributor
Film Movement
Production Co
Ceská Televize
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Slovak
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 30, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$63.6K
Runtime
1h 42m
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings