Chalk have a "The Office" vibe, and it's pretty cool, but it could be more good...

Teaching can't be this boring. I expected so much more from this. (First and only viewing - 4/15/2017)

Teachers will appreciate this mockumentary but there are plenty of funny moments for everyone to enjoy.

I really really loved it at first but then it became a corny movie about high school...still worth a watch.

Comedy/drama huh... to me all I saw was drama. The comedy if it existed was extremely subtle and probably best suited to teachers who would understand the apparent frustration with photocopy machine ID numbers and what have you. I enjoyed the portrayal of teachers, ranging from first years to assistant principal, to the teacher that wants to be voted 'teacher of the year' it was mildly entertaining, but on the whole dull.

Pleasant, but forgettable.

quite interesting. if u want to be a professor dont watch chalk. lol

A pretty cute mockumentary that intends to show why 50% of teachers quit within the first 3 years of teaching. Think a subtler version of Parks & Recreation in a high school setting.

Pretty decent, gives a good insight to the lives of teachers, a bit corny at times, but pretty decent.

Eye opening for perspective teachers, very entertaining for everyone else. This film manages to be informative and entertaining at the same time which is sometime difficult to do.

This film is really a well crafted piece. This is the definition of indie, not to say it lacked any well treasured staples of high budget film, but the clear freedom it has from the strings of various people's input. This feels real, and it's surprising how little you have to suspend your disbelief to empathize with the teachers and students alike. Now, there is a good deal of comedy that's in this, that to me doesn't at all seem tacked on or too improv for film. I've always had a tendency to see comedy in film not directly as a portrayal for what happens, but a look inside what a character is going through. As Norman Bates put it, "We all go a little mad sometimes," and not to get too philosophical, that line stands most true in the more comical an trying points in our lives. Now, very little of the humor seems out of place, and a lot of it stems from the students sometimes childish antics, but it brings us back to that spot. It is also a good lesson to not take everything to face value, and because high school was sort of an imprinted time frame in our lives, there's an important moral here: The grass is greener on the other side. Teaching is perhaps one of the most frustrating, and for some, rewarding professions that dates back to the beginning of human history, This is but a snapshot in modern teaching, but something that should not go unnoticed.

Clever, but most of the humor will be lost on anyone who is not involved in the school system and at times it hits a little too close to home to be funny. If you've ever worked with any teachers like these, you know what I mean. Unless you're a teacher, skip this one.

This film meant to be touching, inspirational, and a behind the scenes look at the fate of people thrust or placed in teaching professions. Along the way someone decided to also make this a mockumentary, either because they didn't have enough money to make it into a real film or they were just lazy. The supposed funny parts of the film would maybe work as sketches in an improv group, but in this film they feel out of place. The mockumentary feel of films like Christopher Guest are awkward and semi-realistic. This film was very guarded and up in arms, adding self-recorded messages by the characters in a confession booth situation reminiscent of The Real World. The protagonist was the starring attraction, as a first time teacher evolves from a tongue-tied individual, to a humorous and yet nurturing educator. Props also go to the students in the film, who were the most realistic thing about this movie.

Teachers, what can you say...under appreciated, under paid, over worked, over crowded classes, parents to some, role models to others and never getting the credit they deserve....good movie. I feel like I should go back to school and say I'm sorry and thanks to each one!!

Faux documentary style sort of like The Office for teachers but less funny and more painful to watch because of the realistic portrayal of teaching in schools today. Not really sure what the point was, aside from teaching is hard.

If you enjoyed Chalk, you may want to check out a sneak peak of Mike Akel's upcoming feature, An Ordinary Family: http://anordinaryfamily.com/

I liked the Spelling Hornet concept.

Great realistic fiction that one wouldn't be able to tell if not for a few segments. Great flick!

Mockumentary from Producter Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me") about the year in the life of a group of teachers at an Austin, TX, high school. The film begins with the statement that most high school teachers do not last beyond 3 years in today's school system. This film shows both how inadequately prepared most of the teachers and school administrators are and matches that to the apathy and disinterest of the current teen generation of students. Somewhat amateurish, but sends a message.

This mockumentary is so well done it seems almost real.