Half Nelson
Secrets don't let go
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
- 6.6
- 2006
- Released
- 1h 47m
Ryan Gosling
Dan Dunne
Shareeka Epps
Drey
Anthony Mackie
Frank
Jeff Lima
Roodly
Monique Gabriela Curnen
Isabel
Tina Holmes
Rachel
Nathan Corbett
Terrance
Tyra Kwao-Vovo
StacyRosemary Ledee
Gina
Tristan Mack Wilds
JamalBryce Silver
BernardKaela C. Pabon
LenaErica Rivera
Erika
Stephanie Bast
Vanessa
Eleanor Hutchins
Simone
Sebastian Sozzi
Javier
Karen Chilton
Karen
Starla Benford
Principal Henderson
Denis O'Hare
Jimbo
Deidre Goodwin
Tina
Collins Pennie
Mike
Deborah Rush
Jo Dunne
Jay O. Sanders
Russ DunneDavid Easton
Jeff Dunne
Nicole Vicius
Cindy
Raymond Anthony Thomas
Earle
Ron Cephas Jones
Mr. DickinsonChristopher Williamson
Charles
Leslie Eva Glaser
Rose
Sharon Washington
SuzanneMatt Kerr
Mr. Light
Adepero Oduye
Crack Smoker
Thaddeus Daniels
RefereeSusan Kerner
Motel Slow DancerStanton Davis
Trumpet Player
Katie Nehra
Woman with CameraSteve Kursh
Man on Bed
Released
en
$700,000.00
$4,911,725.00
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- #new york city
- #sports
- #date
- #ex-girlfriend
- #class
- #ghetto
- #bicycle
- #basketball
- #crack
- #teacher
- #theft
- #alcoholic
- #liberal
- #junior high school
- #drug habit
- #freebasing
Reviews
Ryan Gosling is on very natural form here as the teacher "Dan" who has a bit of a drug habit after school. He's a good teacher. Well liked. A man who gets results from a class of students who would almost all rather be somewhere else, and he coaches the girls' basketball team too. Luckily for him, it's one of his pupils, "Drey" (Shareeka Epps), that discovers him a bit worse for wear in the school