A troubled man teaching at a troubled school
Adrian Brody is a substitute teacher in New York City. He’s got a new assignment at a struggling school. The movie goes back and forth between Brody teaching his English class, giving reflections about education, and his day to day life.<br /><br />The film does capture the job of a substitute well. As Brody tells the camera there is no responsibility to educate kids as a substitute but rather to just keep order and make sure no one kills themselves.<br /><br />What it gets completely wrong is when a school official comes to talk about new curriculum to boost test scores for the No Child Left Behind law. He talks about real estate values and offends the staff. In real life No Child Left Behind led to all kinds of threats against the staff and administration unless they raised scores and teaching to the test which left no room for creativity or interesting lessons. It does deal with that in another part of the film however when the principal gets in trouble for how the school is doing.<br /><br />Brody’s personal life is also engaging. He had a troubled upbringing which haunts him shown by a series of flashbacks and images of him as a little kid. It creates empathy for his character. It also creates a connection between Brody and the school he’s in which are both full of problems.<br /><br />It’s an interesting portrayal.<br />C
The movie title "Detachment," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 200 reviewers. 
It features elements such as IMDb 7.7, 1 h 38 min, 2011, X-Ray and R, and it is priced at $None.

This title falls under the categories of Drama, Arthouse, Cerebral and Downbeat. 
The additional details include the following in key-value format :
 {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "substance use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Austin Stark"], "Producers": ["Benji Kohn", "Chris Papavasiliou", "Bingo Gubelmann", "Greg Shapiro"], "Starring": ["Adrien Brody", "Tony Kaye"]}

Here is a brief synopsis of the title : A Tribeca Film. Adrien Brody (in his most acclaimed performance since THE PIANIST), Marcia Gay Harden & Christina Hendricks star in this award-winning drama about teachers and students in a troubled high school. From the director of AMERICAN HISTORY X..