The Professor

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The Professor

R

Released May 17, 2019

1h 30m

Comedy

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After learning he has six months to live, a college lecturer transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor -- and to the delight of his students -- he leads a crusade against authority and hypocrisy.

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A muddled story populated with thinly written characters and arranged around a misguided Johnny Depp performance, The Professor fails early and often.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Depp, sporting a distractingly foppish, unfurling-flag hairdo, commits to his character's tricky balancing act but over-relies on his signature rakishness to fully convince.

Jun 25, 2019

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Poof! No doubt this movie will disappear quickly before our very eyes.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 17, 2019

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

[The Professor] is more subservient to feel-good cliches than its too-cool-for-school veneer indicates.

Rated: 2/4

May 17, 2019

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Jamie Healy

Radio Times

It's American Beauty meets Dead Poets Society given a terminal-disease twist, and while not as scathing nor as inspirational as those films, The Professor happily mines laughs from the darkest of places.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 17, 2019

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Johnny Depp finds some emotional depth amid the eccentricities, but this muddled character study about a dying man's final days can't match his efforts.

Jun 7, 2019

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Ron Wilkinson

It's Just Movies

An off-season ditty for Johnny Depp, this short story of a short life gives Depp the time to do a short performance.

Rated: 7/10

May 30, 2019

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Mayra C

It was a great movie reminding us that nothing in this life is for ever. Specially for those of us who have lost someone at a young age and suddenly. I laughed, cried, and reflected with this movie. Don't know why the rating was so low, I loved it!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/01/25

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Jeffrey P

The story could have been better for the subject matter. It was still okay and the acting made it captivating to watch but... 11% from critics? Really!?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/19/25

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Mark H

Self-indulgent, vapid twaddle with unlikeable, shallow characters. I honestly tried to like it but in the end it was just dire.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/25/25

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Casey F

I'm just wondering what movie the critics saw, cause the low reviews that they gave this movie doesn't do this movie justice in the slightest. This movie is just fantastic. It is definitely a roller coaster of emotions throughout the film, you laugh, you cry and laugh some more. I was hooked from the very beginning and it didn't ease up in the slightest. I highly advise to watch this!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/18/25

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Markus E

hahaa, the critics must be dull...it was just bloody awesome...i cried...i laughed...not happrning very often!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/06/25

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Kari W

Excellent story of a person dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Dark, yet I could feel his emotional pain, and trying to live life up to the end.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/23/24

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Synopsis

After learning he has six months to live, a college lecturer transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor -- and to the delight of his students -- he leads a crusade against authority and hypocrisy.

Director: Wayne Roberts
Producer: Warren Carr, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Greg Shapiro
Screenwriter: Wayne Roberts
Distributor: Saban Films
Production Co: Relic Pictures, Global Road Entertainment, Automatik Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Drug Use|Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 17, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 17, 2019
Runtime: 1h 30m

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