Tenured (2015)

Memorable, crazy movie

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I saw this in NetFlix, and am really beginning to wonder if the 9 bucks a month is worth it. This movie, and so many like it, leave me wondering who is supposed to like this kind of stuff? What is the point of this low-achieving guy who obviously hates teaching but I guess it was something he could "fall back on." Everyone suffers as a result, especially the kids. Why do we keep making these kinds of movies where the adults confide in children and the children are depicted as so much wiser than the adults? And yet, we as a society simultaneously claim that children are stupid and incapable of properly making sense of adult concepts?And again, we have school officials (principals etc.) go right along because well, the guy has tenure! And of course, the ONE PARENT who complains is the bad person here.You get the impression that already in fifth grade these kids are jaded beyond return; that they have seen it all, done it all, and know it all. Adults are nothing special to them; certainly not a group to go to for advice. No, in today's world it is vice-versa.Silly, useless movie and I only hope kids don't watch it.

I wanted to enjoy "Tenured". After all, I was once a teacher and the notion of a film about one who simply gave up trying could be interesting...even though the idea is anything but new. Unfortunately, the story is paper thin and gets old very, very quickly.Gil Zabarsky plays Mr. Collins...a 5th grade teacher whose marriage is on the rocks. As a result of this and some HUGE personality shortcomings, he has given up on teaching the kids anything. He curses, lets them do whatever they want (including climbing on the roof and getting naked) and is insolent and disrespectful to his boss. This is the entire film...along with barfing (they show it....a rather nasty trend in many recent films).The film is a one idea film which loses steam pretty much when the picture begins. As I watched my wife kept complaining that "it wasn't funny and we have seen better films like it". She's right and sums it up better than I can.

If Kate Flannery didn't plug it on KTLA, I would have never given it a chance. As someone who has grown up with teachers and worked in schools myself, I found myself laughing out loud. The people behind the movie did a great job of creating the ambiance of how it is in schools. In one of the first few scenes, the main character has a talk with a student that is disciplinary in nature, and that scene alone hit the nail on the head as to what it is like to work in a school. It is a great movie and everything that 'Bad Teacher' should have been. My only nitpick is that the principal character could have done a better job of being built up as a villain.