The Rewrite
2014 · Movie · PG-13 · 107 min · ★ 6.0 · 59% critics
A once-celebrated screenwriter hits a rough patch and leaves Hollywood for a teaching job at a small East Coast college. As the new routine challenges his ego and habits, he starts to reconnect with his craft and finds an unexpected romantic spark with an adult student juggling family and school.
Also known as The Reluctant Professor
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-06-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 59/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (635 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a relaxed, feel-good romantic comedy about reinvention with a few sharp one-liners, in the vein of Music and Lyrics; Not for you if you need fast pacing, big surprises, or a more modern vibe.
Pros: light, easygoing charm; witty classroom moments; warm, hopeful tone | Cons: predictable rom-com beats; slow, low-stakes pacing; some dated, cringey bits
Themes
- professor
- teaching
- pommy
Cast & crew
Hugh Grant
as Keith Michaels
Marisa Tomei
as Holly Carpenter
Bella Heathcote
as Karen Gabney
J.K. Simmons
as Hal Lerner
Chris Elliott
as Jim Harper
Allison Janney
as Professor Weldon
- WB
Whit Baldwin
as Doug
Vanessa Wasche
as Rona
Enid Graham
as Trina
Shannon Marie Sullivan
as Sue
Directed by Marc Lawrence