Gym Teacher

Original title: Gym Teacher: The Movie

TV Movie
2008
TV-Y7
1h 43m

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Roland ("iCarly's" Nathan Kress) is the new kid at Hamm Lake Middle School and there's just no hiding he's a super geek with no athletic ability. Dave Stewie (Emmy? Award-Nominee Christopher... Read allRoland ("iCarly's" Nathan Kress) is the new kid at Hamm Lake Middle School and there's just no hiding he's a super geek with no athletic ability. Dave Stewie (Emmy? Award-Nominee Christopher Meloni) is the school's beloved gym teacher who once represented the U.S. in the Seoul Ga... Read allRoland ("iCarly's" Nathan Kress) is the new kid at Hamm Lake Middle School and there's just no hiding he's a super geek with no athletic ability. Dave Stewie (Emmy? Award-Nominee Christopher Meloni) is the school's beloved gym teacher who once represented the U.S. in the Seoul Games, but his disastrous go-for-the-gold vault became one of sport's biggest bloopers. Afte... Read all

Director
- Paul Dinello
Writers
- Daniel Altiere
- Steven Altiere
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5.4/10

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Director
- Paul Dinello
Writers
- Daniel Altiere
- Steven Altiere
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia; all school scenes were filmed at Templeton Secondary School.

Quotes
Braggs: [when he and Stewie have a confrontation] The sight of you makes my butt itch!

Soundtracks
Coming Up
Performed by Paul McCartney & Wings
Written by Paul McCartney
Published by MPL Communications, Inc.
Courtesy of Capitol Records, Inc.

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Review

Featured review

6/10

a bit of Strangers with Candy

Dave Stewie (Christopher Meloni) is a beloved PE teacher. He is still haunted by a very public humiliating defeat as an Olympic gymnast. The President announces a competition for the National Gym Teacher of the Year. Despite his reluctance, his students convinces him to enter. The problem is that new helmet-wearing student Roland Waffle (Nathan Kress) is sure to lose the competition. Stewie falls for the new English teacher only to discover that she's Roland's over-protective mother. There is also the weird principal Abby Hoffman (Amy Sedaris).

Paul Dinello uses his directing skills and brings a bit of the 'Strangers with Candy' sensibility. It's too bad that the mom is played by Chelah Horsdal. She's doing the role very straight. It could have been funnier if Amy Sedaris takes that role. Instead, the principal disappears in the second half. The competition has inherit difficulties. The kids are basically side characters and the competition is about them. Stewie is a side character to the competition. This all makes the second half less than compelling. I wish Dinello go crazy even with the kids. This could have worked better.