That s What I Am (2011) Ed Harris Chase Ellison Molly Parker Alexander Walters Amy Madigan

Set in 1965, 12yearold Andy Nichol (Ellison), is a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers. Everyone s favorite teacher, Mr. Simon (Harris), pairs Andy with the school s biggest outcast and social pariah, Stanley, aka Big G (Walters), on a critical term project. Sporting thick orange hair, a head too big for his body and ears too big for his head, Big G has been the object of ridicule since grade school. Before long, Andy will learn that there was truly a method behind Mr. Simon s madness as to why he teamed these two up. Meanwhile, Mr. Simon finds himself the target of a malicious rumor after Principal Kelner (Madigan) suspends a school bully for brutally beating up a female classmate whom he thinks has