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The Historian
USA 2014
produced by Miles Doleac, Mackenzie Westmoreland, Ryan H. Jackson, John Lawrence Doleac (executive), Nate Meyer (executive) for Historia Films
directed by Miles Doleac
starring William Sadler, Miles Doleac, Jillian Taylor, Colin Cunningham, John Cullum, Glynnis O'Connor, Leticia Jimenez, Michael Emery, Vickie Hall, Tamarah Murley, Lindsay Anne Williams, Meagan Moses, Katherine Newcomb (voice), Todd Grove, David Allison DeWitt, Mike Mayhall, Clint Breland, Benjamin Roark, Santana Jackson, LaNita Rowland, Haley Agnew, Cledus Snow, Shane Hand, Alrick Young
written by Miles Doleac, music by D.J. Sing
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Running away from his problems - like his wife (Vickie Hall) having
been cheating on him - Ben (Miles Doleac) accepts an assignment at a small
town college teaching history, where he soon enough finds enough trouble
as it is, including student apathy, plain ignorance, and an overly
self-important student head, Val (William Sadler). But he also finds a
"friend" in Anna (Jillian Taylor), but since she's a grad
student at the college, their relationship is a bit on the difficult side,
and when they finally take it to the next level, they're immediately
ratted out to the dean (Glynnis O'Connor), who gives Ben fair warning.
Problem is, Anna has also always been Val's favourite student, but now
that she's more interested in Ben, he turns wicked, making it hard for Ben
but especially for Anna. But Val has his own busload of problems, namely
his dad (John Cullum), whom he loves dearly but who suffers from
Altzheimer and can't remember who he is most of the time. It would seem
Val ought to be relieved when dad finally dies ... but instead everything
gets out of control, also affecting the lives of everybody around him ... The
Historian is not a sensationalist drama about the big truths in life,
instead it's likeably toned down, moving along at a relaxed pace, taking
its time to tell its story about emotionally damaged people trying to get
over their past, despite their job as historians is steeped in just that,
the past - and it works, too, as the film manages to bring its point
across free of clichés and without trying to hard to just hammer it home,
does use some comedy scarcely and wisely to brighten up the mood
occasionally, is directed in a light-footed enough way, and the ensemble
cast give likeable performances to make this one rather enjoyable and
entertaining movie.
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