Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

George Lang Review: The Class

When documentaries stir the mind and soul, the best compliment is that they play like great drama. And of course the opposite is true: Certain superb dramas that pitch toward uncommon realism are praised for playing like fly-on-the-wall docs.

“The Class” is a curious hybrid: a drama based on Francois Begaudeau’s nonfiction account of teaching in a multicultural Parisian middle school, with Begaudeau playing a version of himself. It’s mesmerizing because it often feels startlingly real, lifelike as life itself.

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