10 Overlooked 2019 Films That You Really Need To See

10. The Kindergarten Teacher

There was understandable buzz around the Israeli remake of The Kindergarten Teacher coming out of Sundance 2018, The Guardian giving the indie a 5 star review and hailing Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance as 'one of the best' of her career.

It's unfortunate then that, by the time the film was theatrically released in the UK in February 2019, much of that fanfare had died off.

Reviews were excellent for the film depicting a kindergarten teacher (in crisis) who happens to stumble across five-year-old poetry prodigy, Jimmy, in her class and aims to shed light on his undeniable talent. However, this wasn't enough to stir up a following for a film that deserved to be seen for the conflicting and heart-wrenching implosion of Gyllenhaal's, Lisa Spinelli, alone.

With the film's initial US release being scooped up by Netflix in 2018, it appears that the flick has the best chance of being exposed to the general public via a gander through the streaming service on a rainy week-night.

If you want to laugh (Lisa's passing off of the young Jimmy's work at her own poetry class is shockingly hilarious) or simply want to question where you draw the line between teacher and stalker, this film has more to offer than first meets the eye.