Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

OJT A young history teacher is being set-up by a student and his care-giving uncle, which takes pictures of she and the student hugging. It's a set-up, but the student is having second thoughts. But things are even worse...This is obviously a Canadian TV-movie with production values as one. But with a good idea, and good enough to keep you interested. Though the actors are good, I'm afraid it shines through that something is lacking for this to be really good. A bit cheesy music and happy ending, as you know there won't be a sequel, which nowadays ruins many endings.The actors do a good job, especially Erik Knudsen, who plays the student. He acts like he really is an troubled orphan on the wrong side of the law, and is able to not overplay.I see this is bashed by some reviewers here, but more than it deserves. Due to the idea and the drive of the story I think it deserves a pretty good review by me. I was entertained so much that it's easy to see through the flaws. He film could have been way better with more time spent on the ending.

jonathanruano A soapish film about a student (Erik Knudsen) and his evil uncle (because all uncles in the movies are evil) who set up a teacher (Ashley Jones) by taking photos allegedly showing her engaged in sexual misconduct with Erik Knudsen's character, and then they blackmail her. There are so many problems with this movie that I do not know where to begin. The whole set up is preposterous and the script was not ready to be made into a movie. The so-called sexual misconduct is not sexual at all, because anyone looking at the photos can see that Ashley Jones' character is just hugging the student who is going through a rough patch (though he does not demonstrate this convincingly) There is not a single sympathetic character in this entire movie, including the teacher and the troubled student (the director and writers killed both of his parents off - the first in the battlefield of Bosnia-Herzegovina, in a vain effort to generate sympathy for this kid), and therefore we as the audience do not have a good reason to care about any of them. The teacher's husband is a complete douchbag because he inexplicably cheats on his attractive wife (Ashley Jones) with an ugly, sleazy bar maid. I have no idea what is wrong with their marriage and the film does not really explain this aspect in any satisfactory way, except to suggest some silly husband-father in law tension that makes no sense. I also noticed that, unlike more mature films, the Ashley Jones' character and the husband do not work to resolve their conflict. They just decide to be angry with each other in the first half of the film and reconciled in the second half. In that connection, the acting is terrible because not a single character seems to believe in their lines or in the roles that they are supposed to play.If director Robert Malenfant and writers Christine Conradt and Corbin Mezner did something creative with the plot, then perhaps this film could be saved from the trash bin. For example, maybe this film could have a twist where the teacher (Ashley Jones) does fall in love with the student (Knudsen) and they have a sexual relationship and the relationship is followed by a betrayal when she realizes that she is being blackmailed. Or maybe have a plot where the teacher is smart enough to figure out that the student is trying to blackmail her and then she rejects him. But afterwards, the student develops an unhealthy sexual obsession about his teacher (Ashley Jones) and spirals into depression and madness when he realizes that she will always be out of reach. If they did something like that, then at least the movie would be a little more interesting and far less predictable than this drivel. Thumbs way down. Easily one of the worst films of 2008.

Peter Cassels (pacassels) I understand Army Wives is a significant departure from the standard Lifetime fare. I assume that's why the premiere of its second season scored record-breaking ratings. Most of the women's cable channel productions are meant for stay-at-home wives and mothers, and females who enjoy stories about being victimized. This one, however, reaches new lows: bad acting, worse writing and a bad plot line. I think soap operas are better than this and I don't even watch them. The chilling message in "A Teacher's Crime" is that teachers should not get close to or go above and beyond to help their students or they might wind up being accused of having affairs with them. Instead of being dedicated to their profession, public school teachers who watch this may decide that they should just put in the time until they retire, collect their benefits and retire with big pensions at taxpayers' expense. Ironically, I watched this movie on Father's Day weekend when Lifetime was showing "good dad, bad dad" fare. The emphasis apparently is "bad dad," standard for this male-hating cable channel.

edwagreen Has anyone noticed that Ashley Jones resembles a rather youthful Hillary Clinton?Jones portrays a recently separated teacher who has won the teacher of the year award for going that extra mile for her social studies students. Problem is that by going that extra mile, she falls victim to a diabolic plot hatched by one of her excellent students along with his crooked uncle. New teachers should take note: Don't get overly involved. Nice to see that factual information is included in one of the teacher's lessons. I am referring to the April, 1949 date of the beginning of NATO. Nowadays, facts are deemphasized for more critical thinking. That's why our students do so poorly on history exams. The lack of basic factual information is not there. Yes, the author of this review is a retired social studies teacher.The movie is intriguing as you are shown how the teacher is set up.It is certainly worthwhile viewing.