Opened: August 11, 2006
Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min.
Rated: R
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie
Genre: Drama
Synopsis:
Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a history teacher at a Brooklyn school. Though well-liked by his students and colleagues, he secretly spends his evenings hopping bars and getting high. A female student named Drey (Shareeka Epps) catches him in a drug-induced haze after a basketball game, and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. As he struggles with his addiction, Dan tries to act as a mentor to the girl, whose brother is serving time for dealing drugs.
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A very deliberately-crafted story which nonetheless succeeds in drawing two believable and sympathetic characters: an idealistic inner-city high...more