Ignore What the Critics Say, You Should Watch These Underrated Movies

Detachment (2011)

Another feature starring Adrien Brody, Detachment is a film about a substitute teacher becoming a full-time teacher in a school that has a lot of troubled and underprivileged students. On top of that, Adrien Brody’s character, Henry Barthes, is disenfranchised with his own life. He is deeply depressed and lonely. He frequently hops from district to district to try out new student bodies, but he is really just dissatisfied with his own life and uses these new experiences to distract himself from his own problems. With the help of students that are equally as detached as he is, he learns to have a healthier relationship with himself those around him. This movie is equally heartwarming and bleak, but it is undoubtedly worth your time. 

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