One Eight Seven
Seen it?1997 | 119 min | Drama, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 31% on Rotten Tomatoes and a box office loss, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 59 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
When a Brooklyn high school student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield, Garfield feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but the same student stabs Trevor soon after. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as his old one—including four Latin Americans and a European American claiming membership in tagging gang K.O.S. (Kappin' Off Suckers)—driving him over the edge.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
31% on Rotten Tomatoes, 41 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.7 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$6 million worldwide on a $20 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 89K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kevin Reynolds
- Samuel L. JacksonTrevor
- John HeardChildress
- Kelly RowanEllen
- Clifton Collins Jr.Cesar
- Tony PlanaGarcia
- Karina ArroyaveRita
- Lobo SebastianBenny
- Jack KehlerHyland
- Jonah RooneyStevie
- Demetrius NavarroPaco