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Lean on Me
The movie follows an arrogant and unorthodox teacher named Joe Clark as he returns as principal to inner city Eastside High School to reform it, a hotbed of delinquent kids and drug dealers.
17 September 1967, North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
7 July 1965, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
19 August 1973, New York City, New York, USA
1979, New York City, New York, USA
26 March 1966, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
28 September 1940, New York, USA
August 01, 2003
Freeman goes for the gusto and pulls it off...
July 09, 2014
Avildsen's enthusiastic direction gives Lean on Me a heartwarming, feel-good tone that is accessible beyond the environs of its subject.
April 07, 2004
Is a baseball bat the best way to organize a school? In the movie, sure. In real life, maybe not.
August 01, 2002
Watchable but formulaic tough-love-teacher movie, made perhaps before Morgan Freeman could get himself better roles.
August 17, 2003
Freeman, as usual, infuses a standard-issue plot with extraordinary emotional conviction.
July 29, 2002
calculated to get you cheering -- and it does
January 02, 2011
Inspirational movie about a controversial teacher.
