Monsieur Lazhar fingerprintBig heart, strong craft, no humor.
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Serious throughout
Everyday modern life, growing up, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Monsieur Lazhar is calm and low-intensity. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Deeply moving and melancholic
Much of it is about growing up and family.
Emotionally, it's deeply moving, melancholic, and hopeful. Much of it is about growing up and family.
Everyday modern life, growing up, and family
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around everyday modern life, growing up, and family. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances, characters, and direction
The performances, characters, and direction stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Monsieur Lazhar is included with a subscription to Philo and Brew in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on JustWatch TV, Kanopy, and Hoopla. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 84/100 (IMDb 7.5, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, and Metacritic 82). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: suicide themes and disturbing imagery.
1 h 34 min
Monsieur Lazhar runs 1 h 34 min.
Not quite. Critics rate Monsieur Lazhar higher (90) than audiences (79). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It was made in French. Produced in Canada.
+4GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Monsieur Lazhar in 18 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 16 storytelling tropes for Monsieur Lazhar, including Beleaguered Bureaucrat, Bittersweet Ending, Call-Back.
7.5
