Asked to return to principle a school from which he had been fired, an unorthodox teacher takes matters into his own hands with a controversial - but effective - mode of discipline.
by William Thomas |
Published on
Release Date:
01 Jan 1989
Running Time:
104 minutes
Certificate:
15
Original Title:
Lean on Me
Morgan Freeman is headmaster Joe Clark in this moral drama based on the true story of the man who joined East-side High to sort out the drug-run school, and made the cover of Time(ital) magazine in the process.
Despite wielding a baseball bat at some of his less eager pupils, Freeman still manages to portray Clark as a caring kinda guy, and its his performance that saves the film from overdosing on saccharine sentimentality.
An unsatisfying conclusion, but an inspirational story deftly handled by Freeman.
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