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

Set in 1965, 12-year-old 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 “cooties.“