Detachment (2011)
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Detachment rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.7/10· 111K votes
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic52%
TMDb7.628/10· 2K votesWith 59% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 52/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Detachment
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.
Cast of Detachment
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
Betty Kaye
as Meredith
Louis Zorich
as Grampa
Detachment facts
- Box office
- $1.7M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Tony Kaye explores depression and alienation with nuance
- •Dreary atmosphere authentically captures classroom dysfunction reality
- •Serious dramatic tone treats subject matter with appropriate weight
What the audience disliked
- •Heavy themes about animal abuse may disturb sensitive viewers
- •Depressing narrative offers little emotional catharsis or hope
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