The Professor

R

Released May 17, 2019

1 hr. 30 min.

Comedy

Drama

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After learning he has six months to live, a college lecturer transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor -- and to the delight of his students -- he leads a crusade against authority and hypocrisy.

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Critics Consensus

A muddled story populated with thinly written characters and arranged around a misguided Johnny Depp performance, The Professor fails early and often.

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lil’till69

Contrary to what others may think, I believe that this film shows, through the eyes of a dying man, how hard it is like to tell the the people closest to you what your truly feeling and how even through the hardest of times you do paint on a smile to make others happy. Although the film wasn't near perfect. Depp's over-reliance on his classic, suave, audacious character that were all used to and its very cliche end causes a good plot to go belly up.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Rob C

I enjoyed this movie. It's not often a movie can make me laugh and cry. Part of the reason is what has happened in my own life. Notice how the critics rated it so low but the audience rated it much higher. That just shows how out of touch and pretentious they are. Don't listen to them. You're better than that.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/03/24

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Kyle J

I could only stand to watch it for 28 minutes. I FF'd it to watch a few more scenes and none were any better.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/18/24

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Breno G

Special Effects: 1,0/Sound Effects: 1,0/Acting: 1,0/Story: 2,0

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/08/24

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Midnight J

I thought the ending was a bit of a cop out but I thought it was funny and I cried like a baby when he revealed his secret to his daughter. I liked it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/24

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Chema S

it's got a really good couple of scenes that make an otherwise average movie a worthwhile watch.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/24

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Wayne Roberts

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Johnny Depp

Richard

Zoey Deutch

Claire

Rosemarie DeWitt

Veronica

Danny Huston

Peter

Ron Livingston

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Depp, sporting a distractingly foppish, unfurling-flag hairdo, commits to his character's tricky balancing act but over-relies on his signature rakishness to fully convince.

Jun 25, 2019

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Poof! No doubt this movie will disappear quickly before our very eyes.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 17, 2019

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

The movie frequently makes no sense from a purely human perspective... and it becomes increasingly annoying as the story rolls on.

Rated: 2/4

May 17, 2019

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Jamie Healy

Radio Times

It's American Beauty meets Dead Poets Society given a terminal-disease twist, and while not as scathing nor as inspirational as those films, The Professor happily mines laughs from the darkest of places.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 17, 2019

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Johnny Depp finds some emotional depth amid the eccentricities, but this muddled character study about a dying man's final days can't match his efforts.

Jun 7, 2019

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Ron Wilkinson

It's Just Movies

An off-season ditty for Johnny Depp, this short story of a short life gives Depp the time to do a short performance.

Rated: 7/10

May 30, 2019

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Synopsis

After learning he has six months to live, a college lecturer transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor -- and to the delight of his students -- he leads a crusade against authority and hypocrisy.

Director: Wayne Roberts
Executive Producer: Stuart Ford, John Zois, Miguel Palos, Diane Hendricks, Karine Martin, David Lipman, Jeff Stentz, Rian Cahill, Fred Berger, Eric Schultz, Warren Carr
Screenwriter: Wayne Roberts
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Global Road Entertainment, Relic Pictures, Automatik Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Drug Use|Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 17, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2019

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