Sometimes students make the best teachers.
Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college professor invites him to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance.
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Classical in form, spare, intimate and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Josh RadnorJesse Fisher
- Elizabeth OlsenZibby
- Richard JenkinsProfessor Peter Hoberg
- John MagaroDean
- Zac EfronNat
- Allison JanneyProfessor Judith Fairfield
- Elizabeth ReaserAna
- Kate BurtonSusan
- Robert DesiderioDavid
- Kristen BushLeslie
Crew
- Josh RadnorDirector
- Josh RadnorScreenplay
- Seamus TierneyDirector of Photography
- Ben TothOriginal Music Composer
- Michael R. MillerEditor
- Brice Dal FarraProducer
- Claude Dal FarraProducer
- Jesse HaraProducer
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