Chalk might have been both funnier and more penetrating as a real documentary.
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09/14/07
Chalk (2007)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:10
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7/10
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Top CriticChalk is a gentle mockumentary about high school teachers -- so gentle, you wonder why anyone bothered. So gentle, it verges on 'what's the point?'
09/07/07
Top CriticThe movie offers some modest, amusing and true lessons about an honorable profession.
07/28/07
Top CriticChalk is a message from the horse’s mouth, and is thereby humorously instructive without ever becoming sarcastic or judgmental.
06/13/07
Top CriticThe indie film is funny and, at times, heartbreaking. Wisely, it avoids the happy ending that Hollywood would have insisted upon.
06/08/07
Top CriticAn unassuming indie comedy that just happens to be terrific, Mike Akel's deceptively modest debut is, unfortunately, as likely to go unrewarded as the thousands of teachers who do a great job with little acknowledgment.
06/08/07
Top CriticSo convincingly acted that if it didn’t include brief interludes in which the grown-ups suddenly break into musical-comedy mode or reflect out loud in video diary segments, you might not guess it is fiction.
06/08/07
Top CriticChalk was actually shot in a loose, improvisational manner modeled after the films of Christopher Guest, and its best set-pieces are like devastatingly effective pin pricks at the Hollywood hot-air balloon of inspirational teacher/coach melodramas.
06/06/07
Top CriticChalk approaches the painful social awkwardness of The Office.
06/02/07
Top CriticAn A-for-effort novelty that, by the end, barely musters a passing grade.
05/24/07
Top CriticSquirm-inducing but very funny mock documentary shows real empathy for its subjects.
05/11/07
Top CriticThis loosely scripted satire mostly steers clear of cheap shots and over-the-top gags, balancing its comic observations with a real measure of affection for teachers and students alike.
12/30/06
Top CriticWhat's most refreshing about the genial and well-observed Chalk is that it describes the high school experience from the of teachers' point of view.
12/30/06
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