Tag Archives: junior high school

Mr. Woodcock

IMDB Rating: 5.00
2005 votes

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Storyline
Taken aback by his mother's wedding announcement, a young man returns home in an effort to stop her from marrying his old high school gym teacher, a man who made high school hell for generations of students.
Actors
Jasper WoodcockBilly Bob Thornton
John FarleySeann William Scott
Beverly FarleySusan Sarandon

Sideways

IMDB Rating: 7.80
47569 votes

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Storyline
Miles Raymond, a failed writer and divorcé who teaches junior high school English takes his best friend, former hot actor Jack, on a weeklong drive up to California's wine country. There they explore the nature of their failures and question their relationships. Jack, about to get married, has an affair with a woman and wonders whether he should call off his wedding. Miles questions whether or not he made the right choice while trying to form a relationship with the woman's best friend, a fellow oenophile who is a waitress at a restaurant that he frequents often when visiting that part of the country.
Actors
MilesPaul Giamatti
JackThomas Haden Church
MayaVirginia Madsen

Underdog

IMDB Rating: 3.50
2539 votes

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Storyline
A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers — a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.
Actors
UnderdogJason Lee
Dr. Simon BarsinisterPeter Dinklage
Dan UngerJames Belushi

The Squid and the Whale

IMDB Rating: 7.70
10777 votes

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Storyline
The patriarch (Jeff Daniels) of an eccentric Brooklyn family claims to once have been a great novelist, but he has settled into a teaching job. When his wife (Laura Linney) discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family, leaving two teenage sons to forge new relationships with their parents. Linney's character begins dating her younger son's tennis coach. Meanwhile, Daniels' character has an affair with the student his older son is pursuing.
Actors
Frank BerkmanOwen Kline
Bernard BerkmanJeff Daniels
Joan BerkmanLaura Linney

The Upside of Anger

IMDB Rating: 7.10
7330 votes

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Storyline
A sharp-witted suburban wife, Terry Wolfmeyer, is left to raise her four headstrong daughters when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Things get even more hectic when she falls for her neighbor Denny, a once-great baseball star turned radio d.j. This leaves her daughters out on a limb. They are forced to juggle their mom's romantic dilemmas as well as their own.
Actors
Terry Ann WolfmeyerJoan Allen
Denny DaviesKevin Costner
Andy WolfmeyerErika Christensen

Mean Creek

IMDB Rating: 7.30
4191 votes

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Storyline
It all begins in a small Oregon town, when shy Sam (RORY CULKIN) confesses to his protective older brother Rocky that he is getting pummeled daily by the towering school bully, George. Together, they plan the perfect payback, inviting George on a birthday river trip tailor-made to end in the bully's humiliation. Rocky's pals Clyde and Marty and Sam's budding girlfriend Millie also join the journey, which starts almost immediately with misgivings. Seeing George in a new light, as a lonely kid desperate for friendship and attention, Sam wants to call the whole thing off. But the boat and the plot are already in motion, and no one can foresee the surprises and accidents that are to come.
Actors
SamRory Culkin
ClydeRyan Kelley
Marty 'Martini' BlankScott Mechlowicz
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