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Critic Reviews
Nov 10, 2020
Season 1 Review:
A stunning character study that understands all of the stakes and implications of the story it is telling. And if you saw Fidell’s 2013 film, this version is very, very different, and goes further in many ways. The story is all the richer for doing so. It is a fascinating consideration, well told. And well worth your time.
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ColliderNov 10, 2020
Nov 10, 2020
Season 1 Review:
A Teacher is not about the guys. This is a star vehicle for two women — Mara in front of the screen and Hannah Fidell behind it. ... If you want to see a creative female mind exploring how female power, when it runs into the brick wall of societal taboo, can be self-destructive, A Teacher is your show.
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Nov 11, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Fidell, who writes the first two episodes and the finale and directs six out of 10 episodes, takes pains to make the lines blurry. Even the cinematography has an uncertain haze to it. Mara plays this up with an extraordinary multilayered performance designed to throw us off balance and at various times she leaves the viewer unsure of what to think.
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Nov 10, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Robinson does justice to his developing identity, imparting multiple age-appropriate layers of depth: charm, intelligence, naivety, contradictory flashes of arrogance and fragility. (Mara does a fine job of portraying Claire’s selfishness and delusion, though I found Burdge’s chaotic turn more convincing.)
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Nov 4, 2020
Season 1 Review:
There’s little about A Teacher that should feel comfortable. FX on Hulu’s latest miniseries focuses on the relationship between a teacher and her underage high school student, and creator Hannah Fidell does everything possible to sell this romance. Yet it’s that grueling feeling of discomfort that makes this miniseries work.
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Nov 10, 2020
Season 1 Review:
A Teacher lingers a little too long in this pre-catastrophe phase, which is surprising, given how economical Fidell is otherwise in her storytelling. ... The pensive latter episodes are the fallout, and at the center is Eric, who always had more to lose. They’ve switched places, or perhaps are finally seeing themselves for the first time. A Teacher’s lessons are all the more devastating for appearing incomplete.
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RogerEbert.comNov 9, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Given its content, the miniseries could easily have been superficially scintillating, but instead, it’s purposefully disquieting and thoroughly disturbing, anchored by strong performances from Mara and Robinson that underscore how our gendered stereotypes are failing those who need protection most.
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Oct 29, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Robinson, with his boyish, sad-eyed beauty and quiet charm, deftly manages Eric’s transition from lovestruck kid to haunted young adult. He and Mara have a palpable chemistry (but don’t worry, folks — Robinson is 25). As Claire, Mara does her best work after the affair is exposed.
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TV Guide MagazineNov 19, 2020
Season 1 Review:
The affecting but troubling A Teacher aims to bring more depth to this unpleasant subject and largely succeeds. [23 Nov - 6 Dec 2020, p.11]
The PlaylistNov 10, 2020
Season 1 Review:
It’s admirable, and arguably unlike most things you see on TV. Unfortunately, none of it possesses surprise and allure, much of it is deeply depressing, all of it is anticlimactic and the notions of moral obligation, and accountability supersedes the need to create compelling drama.
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Nov 9, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Not making Claire an obvious monster might be a brave choice post-#MeToo, but Fidell hasn’t made her anything else that’s particularly interesting or revealing. ... [Robinson] has more of a struggle making sense of Eric, who’s positioned as sensitive and fragile but comes across as preternaturally adult, in a way that doesn’t quite add up.
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Nov 5, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Mara and Robinson really are excellent, and the series has unsettling atmosphere to spare. But outside of some specific moments in its second half, A Teacher feels as superficial and generic as its title. There may be a great 10-episode version of this story, but this is unfortunately not it. [Nov 2020, p.73]
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