Teacher

A high school English teacher goes to disturbing lengths to protect his favorite students from bullies, and challenge the power of a wealthy patron within the community.

Cast

David Dastmalchian

as James Lewis

Kevin Pollak

as Bernard Cooper

Curtis Edward Jackson

as Tim Cooper

Esme Perez

as Daniela Lopez

Matthew Garry

as Preston Walsh

Helen Joo Lee

as Arabella

Alejandro Raya

as Hector Lopez

Cedric Young

as Harold Olson

Ilyssa Fradin

as Lisa Walsh

John Hoogenakker

as Todd Harper

Reviews

Gimly

_Teacher_ is an interesting one. It's not shot especially well, and some of the acting could have been better. Not David Dastmalchian though, he was **fantastic**. Which I guess was kind of a surprise, not because I've ever seen him be bad in anythinng before, just because I don't think he's ever ha...

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