Mr. Gibb

Mr. Gibb / The Good Student
The Good Student poster
Directed by	David Ostry
Produced by	Kevin Spacey Dana Brunetti Adam Kassen Mark Kassen
Written by	Adam Targum
Starring	Tim Daly Hayden Panettiere William Sadler Dan Hedaya Paula Devicq John Gallagher, Jr. Sarah Steele Brian Anthony Wilson
Studio	Trigger Street Productions
Distributed by	Screen Media Ventures
Release date(s)	January 2006 (2006-01)
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Mr. Gibb (released on DVD as The Good Student) is a 2006 American dark comedy drama film starring Tim Daly and Hayden Panettiere.

Plot

Mr. Ronald Gibb (Tim Daly) is a high school history teacher. Although he is depicted as a creative if weak-willed teacher, his students lack interest for the subject matter. One of his students, Ally Palmer (Hayden Panettiere) is a popular teenage girl and local celebrity. She was featured in a television commercial for her father's car dealership.

Mr. Gibb secretly has a crush on Ally. He stares at her inappropriately multiple times a day. One day after school, he overhears Ally and her boyfriend Brett (John Gallagher, Jr.) get into a big argument. She no longer has a ride home from school, so he offers to take her home. Mr. Gibb and Ally are photographed embracing, and as such the school board deems his behavior unacceptable and unprofessional. She goes missing after he drops her off at her house. The news reports that a kidnapping has occurred. Mr. Gibb is the primary suspect because police officials find evidence that he was with Ally moments before she was kidnapped. The film follows Gibb as he copes with public humiliation and ends with a sudden twist in the final minutes.

Cast

• Tim Daly .... Ronald Gibb
• Hayden Panettiere .... Allyson Palmer
• William Sadler .... "Honest" Phil Palmer (Ally's father)
• Dan Hedaya .... Gabrial
• Paula Devicq .... Holly Cooper
• John Gallagher, Jr. .... Brett Mullen
• Sarah Steele .... Amber Jinxs
• Brian Anthony Wilson .... Detective Dick Moon
• Andrew Benator .... Karl
• Rita Gardner ... Marge Whitman
• Mark Kassen .... Pete Maculey
• Sadler Colley Bakst .... Caroline
• Lisa Lynds .... Tiff
• Maureen Mueller .... Evelyn Hirsch

External links

• Mr. Gibb at the Internet Movie Database
• Mr. Gibb. New York Times
• "Alumni." The Canadian Film Centre