SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Salubfoto It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

bkoganbing This film is a real sleeper and I can see it's gotten renewed attention because of Timothee Chalamet and his Oscar nominated performance in a later film Call Me By Your Name. Chalamet is real good here, but so are Anthony Quintal and Lili Reinhardt the two other students being driven to a drama competition. And so is Lily Rabe playing the English teacher who chaperones and drives them to the competition.These kids have a lot of growing up to do. But for Chalamet it's a real problem. He's taking behavioral medication but he feels it robs of his creative urge. His piece at the drama competition is a recitation of a monolog from Death Of A Salesman from the Biff character. It's the highlight of the film. I can sure see Timothee Chalamet doing the part on stage.Lily Rabe is facing some issues herself and her's is also a performance to be noted and remembered.I'm glad this film is getting renewed critical attention and acclaim.

Izzy Miss Stevens was a film I saw last year and all i have to say is it was absolutely fantastic. I loved every minute of it and I fell in love with it as well as all the characters. It has this incredible charm and a great story with such realistic and lovable characters you can't help falling for and empathising and sympathising with and it has become a favourite of mine over the past few months the more and more I think about it every time I think about the amazing experience I had watching it. It always gives me a shock of sadness, yet a shock of overwhelming happiness.The reason I even found out about this film was from a clip I found on Youtube from the film of a scene involving Timotheé Chalamet and it really reminded me of when I saw great acting for the first time, that feeling of being blown away by someone's raw talent and ability to be so convincing and truthful in their portrayal of a character, it was an amazing feeling.I really wanted to see the entirety of it knowing that there was great acting in it and at this point I hadn't seen Call Me By Your Name or One & Two which was another movie I loved him in (in my opinion this is one of his best performances, better than CMBYN) and so I was really intrigued and really wanted to see it and I am so glad I decided to watch this. It was an emotional ride from beginning to end and It really moved me. The themes that are brought up in the film were handled so well and in such a delicate manner and it seemed like everyone involved with this movie understood what was happening and understood how the situations in the film would realistically play out. I got incredibly attached to these characters long after the credits rolled and felt every emotion that they felt and they became real people to me. I felt glued to my computer, I could not pause the movie because I was so invested in everything that was happening and with what was going to happen to these people and with their story.The chemistry between all the characters in this movie was one of those special moments of pure perfection (well done Matthew Lessall*), especially between Lily Rabe's character (who I have to say was shockingly spectacular in this, she had such a naturalistic and subtle feel to her character and it was such a breath of fresh air to see something like that) and Timotheé Chalamet's character. (I cannot tell you how much I ship these two, I fell in love with them even though I knew their relationship was bound to fail, cause, you know she's a teacher and all that but I didn't care, they were just so good together)It was such a beautiful and heartbreaking friendship and it was nothing like I had ever seen before in a movie. I really wanted to see grow more but knowing how movies like this play out, I knew that wasn't going to happen, it made me realise how much I loved these characters and their story and how invested I got, especially with how relatable it is to feel the way Timtotheé Chalamet's character feels throughout the movie.Everything about this movie, was great, honestly I cannot think about a single flaw with this, the only thing that comes to mind is Lili Reinhart's character was annoying at times, but she was supposed to be and she redeemed herself quite a few times throughout the movie so I didn't mind her that much. Otherwise, everything else was great. The ending of this film made me tear up, this movie is fantastic in the way it subtly tells you what it's about and what it wants you to take from it and I love that. The love I have for this movie is intense, it really has a special place in my heart.I know that feeling of wanting to be great at something and being proud of something you have done, and wanting to be a part of something greater than yourself and I also know the feeling of failure, that feeling of being in really really awkward situations and feeling embarrassed, the feeling of sadness, and of not feeling good enough and feeling incredibly lonely, and all those feelings are portrayed with such an astounding level of care and compassion within such grounded and compelling characters. It really captures that feeling of being a person in a world where you want to be a good person, to want to have something or someone and to be a part of something you know you will be happier with but sometimes can't be a part of because of your own self doubts, fears and insecurities as well as just pure circumstance. Also just realising that those who are often in a position of authority in your life are people too, it took me a while to realise the teachers in my school are people too, especially when they really talked about themselves, made me want to have a close teacher relationship which I did have with my school nurse years ago, which was really nice so I understand that feeling of not being able to always connect with others your age and seeing something in older people. As well as those your age of course.it is obviously a 9/10 for me. PLEASE watch this if you haven't already, it will make your day and will hopefully stick with you like it did for me.

ozjosh03 This is a sweet little movie, deceptively simple and light, yet with some surprising hidden depths. It's deftly written and directed, but what really sets it apart are the performances, in particular a beautifully judged star turn by Timothy Chalamet as Billy, a depressed teen, off his meds and surrendering to a crush on his English teacher while on a weekend away for a drama competition. Chalamet is by turns charming, funny, unsettling, heart-breaking and, when delivering a monologue from Death of a Salesman, simply dazzling. It's a charismatic, nuanced, confident portrayal that proves his Oscar-nominated performance in Call Me By Your Name was no fluke. They could have re-named the movie "Billy" and nobody would have thought anything amiss.

zif ofoz As the synopsis states this movie is about a teacher who chaperons a group of three high school students to a state drama competition. That's just the opening page, so much more happens during these two days the four characters are with each other.An adult and three teens experience a walk through their own personal drama while participating in a drama competition. The English teacher Miss Stevens (Lily Rabe) is dealing with the recent death of her mother and her feeling of loneliness, Billy (Timothée Chalamet) is dealing with his personal depression and the meds he is forced to take, Margot (Lili Reinhart) is discovering her real call in life through her attempt at acting, and Sam (Anthony Quintal) is looking to find love and fun.The main focus of the story is of course is Miss Stevens as she strives to handle her own private life while trying to bring direction and focus to her students. The problem is direction and focus is minimal in her own life. Billy obviously has a crush on her and it's left unclear if Miss Stevens actually realizes this but she opens her soul to him. Billy misinterprets this into thinking she's interested in him. Billy has stopped his meds. Margot learns her talent, by failing at acting, that she is great at organizing as she is the only one that was able to get the school to fund the trip. The wild card is Sam because he knows who he is and just wants to find that special friend.At movies end everyone returns to the school and is met by their family. Each student has had a real learning and personal growth experience. We see Miss Stevens standing alone by her automobile watching them leave - just what did her experience with these students meant to her and has it actually changed anything in her life?