The Kindergarten Teacher OSP - Wake Up Maggie (G), I Think I Got Somethin' To Say To You - Ep 127

It’s Late September and I Really Should be Back at School. ***This review of The Kindergarten Teacher has a Spoiler Section*** Intro / Remembering Our School Days Isn’t Hard - Top of the Show What Is An Oscar Sprint Profile - :52 Non-Spoiler Review of The Kindergarten Teacher: Story Inception/Production Notes - 2:41 Cast - 3:49 Specs - 7:37 Plot Premise/Expectations - 9:33 Production Values - 11:20 Performances - 12:46 Script Thoughts - 16:44 Oscars Lens - 18:58 Final Nonspoiler Thoughts - 21:25 Spoiler Warning Dance Break - 22:56 Immediate Carryover: Where Do You Think You Are, Maggie? - 24:14 Walking Through The Plot - 25:22 (Profiling Maggie’s Character - 25:22) (Jimmy’s Father - 32:50) (Manipulation and Overstepping Boundaries - 33:52) (Unethical Power Dynamics - 37:22) (The Poetry Slam - 39:18) (She Learned Her Lesson…Right? - 42:33) (Jimmy’s Makes His Move - 45:39) Best Scenes/Worst Scenes - 49:13 Final Grades - 55:05 Outro/Words of Wisdom - 55:36 We love to find hidden movie gems out there and tell you about them. Since the Kindergarten Teacher is certainly one of those well made films that not enough people are watching or reviewing, we’re determined to help rectify that situation with a full Oscars Sprint Profile here. Maggie Gyllenhaal is certainly awards worthy. Writer / Director Sara Colangelo is becoming a name to watch out for come awards season, and this film does still have some of the biggest Oscar pundits in its corner. So we were thrilled to squeeze it into our loaded schedule and give it the full OSP treatment. As usual, we dedicate the first half of the episode to a non-spoiler review with production notes, cast & crew bios, movie specs, and non-spoiler reviews of the production values, performances, and script. Then we dive headlong into the plot after some spoiler warning dance music. The movie shook free some memories from our school days and earned quite loud reaction from us during our watch, and we don’t hold back in either segment. If you enjoy our coverage of Netflix and VOD properties, you have to go no further than our previous episode. We debuted MMO Weekly, which to mention a few of the many subjects we’ll cover, will give you regular updates on movie news, box office, previews, our interactive trivia games, and of course, MMOW will include reviews of what else we’re watching. This first episode showcased several Netflix properties like Outlaw King, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, The Other Side of the Wind, and Filmworker, and we’ll certainly be keeping you well reviewed on the streaming giant in the coming months with films like Buster Scruggs, Birdbox, and Roma on the near horizon. Otherwise, go back to our Yearly and 2 Quarterly Netflix reviews to bring yourself current. The Kindergarten Teacher is also the 23rd film reviewed in our OSP series from 2018. We covered all of the major nominees from last year’s Academy Awards, and now we’re doing the same and then some. With our year round coverage, we’ve been able to expand our field of reviews to not only all the eventual nominees, but also the major contenders, eventual snubs, and our sentimental favorites with our complimentary movie event series of reviews. In any case, we’ve now covered near 30 films of 2018 with full episodes dedicated to their respective reviews, and you can find full playlists on our Soundcloud account to binge listen at you leisure. Chat with us on social media and play along with our weekly movie trivia game, SixDegreesOfMMO. You can hear our round 4 winners in MMOW 1 and listen to our challenge number 5. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, & Gmail. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and please rate / review us on your favorite podcast listening app or device. As always, thanks for listening. When reality sucks, you’ve been watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!