The Kindergarten Teacher

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6.7/10

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Maggie Gyllenhaal and Parker Sevak in The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)

A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.

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Psychological Drama Drama Thriller

A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students who she believes is a child prodigy.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

18K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 12 nominations total

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The Kindergarten Teacher

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The Kindergarten Teacher

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Child Actors Believed Maggie Gyllenhaal Was a Real 'Kindergarten Teacher'

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Trivia
The poems in The Kindergarten Teacher were written by Kaveh Akbar and Ocean Vuong.

Quotes
Jimmy Roy: I have a poem... I have a poem.

Connections
Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Cynthia Nixon/Maggie Gyllenhaal/Ingrid Rojas Conteras/Allison Miller/Pearl Aday (2018)

Soundtracks
The Carnival of the Animals No. 13 'The Swan'
Written by Camille Saint-Saëns

User reviews141

Featured review

9/10

Fantastic lead performance carries this disturbing, slow-burn thriller

Maggie Gyllenhaal gives a stellar performance in The Kindergarten Teacher. This movie was a touch watch, but it was oh-so-worth it. It was very slow and methodical. I'm laughing at all the one-three star reviews because it's clearly people who were on their phone half the time or just haven't ever seen a movie which actually makes them feel something for a change. I don't normally post reviews because why should anyone care about my opinion, but I couldn't let this great movie get bogged down by fools who coooompletely missed the point the movie was trying to get across.