Liberal Arts

2012 · 97 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.5 (596 votes)

Dir. Josh Radnor · Starring Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, John Magaro, Zac Efron, Allison Janney · Music Ben Toth

“Sometimes students make the best teachers.”

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Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college professor invites him to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance.

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A gentle, introspective dive into unexpected campus connections. It feels like a warm, slightly melancholic embrace of youthful possibility and the bittersweet ache of nostalgia, all wrapped in a cozy, literary atmosphere.

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