She maintains no close personal relationships aside from those she has with her favorite authors and stories. She shares a small apartment with two Siamese cats and her rich collection of great literature. Linda Sinclair (Julianne Moore) is a forty-year-old unmarried high school English teacher in the small town of Kingston, Pennsylvania. Overall, great acting and funny, very much worth watching. I am in no way comparing this to Dead Poet's Society but it is worth watching and I did enjoy it. This is really a toned down, less classic version of Dead Poet's Society in the way that the teacher tries to help a student realize his potential against the wishes of his father and the school. The comments on screen are an original touch. The story combines original comedy, a touching partly dramatic climax and a feel good plot that comes together perfectly. No longer does your passion become a gift but a curse once you realize you may not or are not able to do anything with it. It is one of the greatest personal tragedies in life, and those who experience it are likely to lose confidence in themselves and in the world. That subject is exercising a passion for something that doesn't amount to anything. Good Movie! The English Teacher is a great film for many reasons, but one of them is it touches on a subject that is so often ignored and undermined in the world.
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