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Around The Block
American teacher in High School hopes to inspire him by launching a version of 'Hamlet' with a predominantly Aboriginal cast.
31 August 1940, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
24 May 1986
August 20, 1980 in Shanghai, China
22 February 1993, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
July 30, 2014
Hamlet In The Hood. Petite Christina Ricci displays a big heart, as a teacher in touch with her inner maternal instinct. And disaffected Aboriginee teens dramatizing in a culturally conscious production, the alienation at the heart of Hamlet, who knew.
August 01, 2014
'Around the Block' may have its exasperating flaws, but it cannot be accused of not having its heart in the right place.
July 29, 2014
Every single development in the Wood family's plot trajectory is telegraphed, and these actors deserve to be in a less emotionally bogus drama.
July 29, 2014
Well-intended yet cliche-ridden.
August 01, 2014
Appealing performances, a few tweaks to the clichés of the inspiring-teacher genre, and a sincere desire to counter outrageous racism go a long way toward making this worth a look.
July 31, 2014
The film's musty premise, about a novice instructor trying to deter an Aboriginal student from crime with Shakespeare, renders it the cinematic equivalent of warmed-over soup from the school cafeteria.
May 24, 2014
There are no false notes here, and there is no whitewash, either (if you'll pardon the expression); it's a good story well told and beautifully performed, supported by a contempo soundtrack and seamless design. Australian cinema at its be