Who's in It: Troy Schremmer, Janelle Schremmer, Chris Mass, Kaytea Brock, Wendy Campbell, Dan Eggleston, Shannon Haragan
The Basics: Shot in the style of The Office or a Christopher Guest mockumentary, it's a look into the lives of three high school teachers, and it gets a shot of reality from the filmmakers themselves, who were both teachers at one time. It's not consistently funny — and it could have been if it'd just gone down a slightly meaner path — but it never feels like a lie.
What's the Deal? I know I should never review the movie I wish it was, only the movie it is, but I kept wondering why these guys didn't just go ahead and make a documentary about new teachers instead of choosing to create fictional characters that are so clearly based on real people they've known. Because then I wouldn't have been waiting to laugh until my sides hurt and winding up mildly disappointed because it didn't happen.
Why It's Worth Seeing: Even though real teachers are more R-rated than anything, this movie could portray (I know more than a handful of them, and they're no saints), it's affectionately — and cheaply, on video — made and makes more true sense than 99 percent of the "inspirational teacher" movies ever committed to film.
Funniest Bit: A hip-hop-slang spelling bee where the teachers are the ones competing. And not to brag, but I spelled all but one of them correctly.
What Morgan Spurlock Has to Do With It: I'm still trying to figure out that part myself. He didn't write it or direct it. He was an executive producer. But I guess his name might help sell some tickets.