Alexander Payne directs Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa in this comedy about an unloved prep school classics teacher who must look after a troubled student over the Christmas break.

Seventies vibe recreated right down to the film stock, crash zooms and folk songs. A funny first hour gives way to a hymn about compassion. A hard movie not to fall in love with, a gentle movie full of intelligence and wit.

10

Perfect Double Bill: The Paper Chase (1973)

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