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The Professor

The Professor

Comedy · Drama · 2019

A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

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The Professor

2019 Comedy · Drama 1h 30m

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6.8 / 10

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A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

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Directed by

Wayne Roberts

Written by

Wayne Roberts

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Richard Brown

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rosemarie DeWitt

Veronica Sinclair-Brown

Odessa Young

Odessa Young

Olivia Brown

Danny Huston

Danny Huston

Peter Matthew

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch

Claire

Devon Terrell

Devon Terrell

Danny

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston

Henry Wright

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.