Detachment (2011)

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A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

• Released: 2011-04-24
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 38m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 2,091 votes

Directed by Tony Kaye.

Top cast

• Adrien Brody as Henry Barthes
• Marcia Gay Harden as Principal Carol Dearden
• James Caan as Mr. Charles Seaboldt
• Christina Hendricks as Ms. Sarah Madison
• Lucy Liu as Dr. Doris Parker
• Blythe Danner as Ms. Perkins
• Tim Blake Nelson as Mr. Wiatt
• William L. Petersen as Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
• Bryan Cranston as Mr. Dearden
• Sami Gayle as Erica

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Detachment

• United States: watch free on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, The CW, Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV
• Australia: stream on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video

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