Might not be the high-school story most of us want to hear, but it's a true one, and Chalk tells it with insight, humor, and an appropriate touch of sadness.
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06/06/07
Chalk (2007)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:32
Rotten:8
Average Rating:7/10
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Its honest storytelling and painfully funny moments make up for the thrown-together feel.
06/06/07
Chalk 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
Chalk mines nervous laughter from the gulf between teacher and student culture, and the contrast between how its simultaneously self-conscious and oblivious teachers see themselves, and how the rest of the world sees them.
06/02/07
Chalk will strike a responsive chord in teachers and others who can take it not as fact but as indicative of the state of the art.
06/02/07
Chalk approaches the painful social awkwardness of The Office.
06/02/07
Top CriticDemeaningly patronizing to educators, cheaply dismissive of students, Chalk is a dunce. Erase it.
06/01/07
The definition of a missed opportunity.
06/01/07
Amusingly riffs on the wide gap that exists between teachers and students.
05/28/07
...will convince anyone who almost went into teaching that they made the right decision. Even if they're currently on unemployment.
05/25/07
An A-for-effort novelty that, by the end, barely musters a passing grade.
05/24/07
The film is effective as situational workplace comedy but the air of futility is particularly thick for these working slobs.
05/22/07
If you're a high school teacher, you might find the funniest scenes painful to watch.
05/16/07
Squirm-inducing but very funny mock documentary shows real empathy for its subjects.
05/11/07
Top Critic[The actors'] on-the-job experience certainly instills Chalk with a detailed insight that is funny and, at times, heartbreaking.
05/11/07
Trouble paying attention in class, low self-esteem, hormonal confusion -- and those are just the teachers in director Mike Akel’s zippy debut feature about first-, second- and third-year instructors at an Anytown, USA, public high school.
05/10/07
Though advertised as mockumentary, Chalk is actually a warm character piece with many poignant observations about the American school system, depicting the teachers work and lives at a Texas highschool with compassion and understanding.
05/07/07
If you have the chance to see Chalk and want to make sure you'll enjoy it at its fullest, bring a teacher or two along with you.
01/24/07
This 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
What'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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