It's just not believable that this otherwise dull kid is somehow magically composing poetry that is so adult dealing with adult themes in an adult voice. Yeah there are prodigies but it's just too unbelievable. And the poetry is that annoying overly crafted artsy stuff that overwhelms with the sense of snotty snobby poetry student. I kept waiting to hear that the teacher has been duped and he was reciting his uncle's poems. That at least would have been believable and far more interesting an exploration of the main character and her relationship to kid and her motivations. As it was, it was just a very silly formula that requires a suspension of disbelief that is too tall an order. I'm not a Maggie Glylenhall (sp?) fan. And inevitably we had to have the naked breast shot because that's her and that's her thing. The acting was fine I supppse. The story was just dumb and not believable and abducting a kid because poetry is disturbing as many note. The ending where somehow we are supposed to feel the great tragedy in all his and sympathise with the abductor and the full emotionless kid who spouts these adult poems from who knows where is just too ridiculous.
Review of The Kindergarten Teacher
