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- Half Nelson is a film of shaded characterizations by excellent performers, and the plotline is mostly loose inferences and small moments, not big ones. As opposed to other "'hood" films, there's no gunfire, and potential violent confrontations don't go the expected route.
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Sep 14, 2006 · Directed by. Ryan Fleck. In the movies, and unfortunately in life, we tend to accept the easy falsehood that someone who behaves badly in one respect must be bad in others, even if they're totally unrelated. So, if a person is a gambler, he must be a drunk. If he's a pedophile, he must be a murderer.
Jan 23, 2006 · 91% Tomatometer 159 Reviews 82% Audience Score 50,000+ Ratings Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a history teacher at a Brooklyn school. Though well-liked by his students and colleagues, he secretly ...
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All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim. Bleakly filmed and well told, "Half Nelson" soars because of the immaculate acting by Ryan Gosling and...
Aug 11, 2006 · NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Ryan Fleck. Drama. R. 1h 46m. By Manohla Dargis. Aug. 11, 2006. “Half Nelson” is that rarest of marvels — an American fiction film that wears its political heart...
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Half Nelson, the first feature by director Ryan Fleck, steers clear of the inspiring clichés of teacher-student films and the usual violence of films set in the ghetto. Half Nelson is a character study, with a meager plot stretched into a one-act film. Not to say this is a bad thing.
Sep 22, 2006 · With Ryan Gosling, Jeff Lima, Shareeka Epps, Nathan Corbett. An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 91% of 159 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's consensus reads: " Half Nelson features powerful performances from Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps. It's a wise, unsentimental portrait of lonely people at the crossroads.
