The Professor (2019)

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A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

• Released: 2019-05-10
• Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Runtime: 1h 30m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 1,292 votes

Directed by Wayne Roberts.

Top cast

• Johnny Depp as Richard Brown
• Rosemarie DeWitt as Veronica Sinclair-Brown
• Odessa Young as Olivia Brown
• Danny Huston as Peter Matthew
• Zoey Deutch as Claire
• Devon Terrell as Danny
• Ron Livingston as Henry Wright
• Linda Emond as Barbara
• Matreya Scarrwener as Rose
• Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Donna

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Professor

• United States: stream on OVID; watch free on Kanopy, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Plex, Plex Channel, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: watch free on W4free, Pluto TV; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: stream on OVID; watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV, Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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