Review of "Half Nelson"

This was actually my second post on this here blog, but I mysteriously and accidentally deleted it. Well, the masses have been clamoring for me to bring it back (and by "the masses" I mean the two people who have read this thus far) so here it is, albeit slighty changed because I don't remember exactly what the old post said.

I had really high hopes for this movie, seeing as how it stars Ryan Gosling and is about a crack-addicted teacher of mainly African-American students. I mean, is somebody spying on me? It's like looking in a mirror, this movie! See what I did there, kids? I pretended that the movie was totally like my real life! Well, I hope you enjoyed that little joke because that was honestly the best part of the movie. Other than pretending throughout that I was a crack addict, and learning a fairly funny new knock-knock joke, I didn't actually enjoy it all that much.


I mean, yes, the writing was solid and the acting was pretty amazing. But just because I don't like movies where unbelievable stuff happens doesn't mean I'm all that fond of movies where there ain't shit that happens, either. And in this movie, ain't too much shit that happens, really. Teacher bonds with students while smoking crack recreationally, one student in particular. Teacher's drug habit gets out of control. Teacher pushes away those that love him and enters a shame spiral. Come on. In my house, we call that "January". See? I did it again. Most enjoyable part of the movie, I'm telling you.