The Good Student

The Good Student
The Good Student
	DVD cover
Directed by	David Ostry
Written by	Adam Targum
Produced by	Kevin Spacey; Dana Brunetti; Adam Kassen; Mark Kassen
Starring	Tim Daly; Hayden Panettiere; William Sadler; Dan Hedaya; Paula Devicq; John Gallagher, Jr.; Sarah Steele; Brian Anthony Wilson
Cinematography	Jordan Lynn
Edited by	Julie Carr; Robert Swartz
Music by	Randy Lee
Production; company	Trigger Street Productions
Distributed by	Screen Media Ventures
Release date	January 2006;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Good Student, also known as Mr. Gibb, is a 2006 American dark comedy drama film starring Tim Daly and Hayden Panettiere.^[3]

Plot[]

Mr. Ronald Gibb (Tim Daly) is a high school history teacher. Although he is depicted as a creative if weak-willed teacher, his students lack interest for the subject matter. One of his students, Ally Palmer (Hayden Panettiere) is a popular teenage girl and local celebrity. She was featured in a television commercial for her father's car dealership.

Mr. Gibb secretly has a crush on Ally. He stares at her inappropriately multiple times a day. One day after school, he overhears Ally and her boyfriend Brett (John Gallagher, Jr.) get into a big argument. She no longer has a ride home from school, so he offers to take her home. Mr. Gibb and Ally are photographed just as she spontaneously kisses him on the lips (to thank him for giving her an unexpected A), and as such the school board deems his behavior unacceptable and unprofessional. She goes missing after he drops her off at her house. The news reports that a kidnapping has occurred. Mr. Gibb is the primary suspect because police officials find evidence that he was with Ally moments before she was kidnapped. The film follows Gibb as he copes with public humiliation and ends with a sudden twist in the final minutes.

Cast[]

Tim Daly as Ronald Gibb
Hayden Panettiere as Allyson Palmer
William Sadler as Phil Palmer
Dan Hedaya as Gabriel
Paula Devicq as Holly Cooper
John Gallagher, Jr. as Brett Mullen
Sarah Steele as Amber Jinx
Brian Anthony Wilson as Detective Dick Moon
Andrew Benator as Karl
Rita Gardner as Marge Whitman
Mark Kassen as Pete Maculey
Sadler Colley Bakst as Caroline
Lisa Lynds as Tiffany
Maureen Mueller as Evelyn Hirsch

References[]

^ "The Good Student: Movie details". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
^ The good student. 9 June 2020. OCLC 273060489. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Open WorldCat.
^ "The Good Student". DVD Talk. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

External links[]

The Good Student at IMDb
The Good Student at Rotten Tomatoes
Mr. Gibb, New York Times
"Alumni", The Canadian Film Centre

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[1] "The Good Student: Movie details". Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2009.

[2] The good student. 9 June 2020. OCLC 273060489. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Open WorldCat.

[3] "The Good Student". DVD Talk. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

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