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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.
7 July 1965, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
17 September 1967, North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
22 August 1960, Dallas, Texas, USA
22 April 1951, New York City, New York, USA
December 23, 1944 in Mullins, South Carolina, USA
4 February 1934, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
January 02, 2011
Inspirational movie about a controversial teacher.
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, 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.
July 29, 2002
calculated to get you cheering -- and it does