Rent Half Nelson (2006)

Impressive story and acting though quite dull. - Half Nelson review by CP Customer

From a storyline and acting point of view it's very hard to fault 'Half Nelson', the trouble is the actual film is pretty dull and often quite boring. The idea of a young high school teacher who during working hours is hard working, inspirational and well liked by both students and colleges and in his free time descends into a world of hard drug and alcohol abuse, is an incredibly clever idea and one that should have made an absorbing an engrossing film. Sadly it fails completely, aside from a good performance from Ryan Gosling the film never really grips you in any way, you never really feel any empathy for the character of Dan and the result is a fairly boring and dull hour and a half.