Lean on Me

Pros: A great movie about a true hero.
Cons: None

Benjamin Disraeli, former British Prime Minister (1868 and 1874-1880), was quoted as saying; “The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.” As beauty is in the eye of the beholder so to are heroes....

Pros: Feel good movie for all to watch.
Cons: Has its slow spots

All of us know matter who we are need our own Joe Clark. Joe Clark might just be a character in a movie, but each of us has met or wish we knew a man like him. In Lean On Me we are introduced to Joe Clark (played by Morgan Freeman) as a...

Pros: Morgan Freeman, positive outcome educational movie.
Cons: The yelling.

It’s easy to root for the underdog. It’s easy to root for change. It’s easy to root for a character in a movie – it’s not like he or she is going to talk back. But still questions remain. Why do we root? Should we root? And is...

Pros: The script was oustanding and Morgan Freeman was without flaw
Cons: none

In the ‘60's Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) is a volatile but influential history teacher at Eastside High in New York. Not knowing how to deal with his often abrasive approach, the school board transfers him to a nondescript school where his talents will...

Pros: The roles were played out very well.
Cons: None!

It is the great ones that can come into a bad situation and make something good out of it. Sometimes their approach may be smooth and easy. Others might come in with the most unorthodox methods to stir up some confusion, but still making an impact that ...

Pros: Great acting, wonderful story, positive ending
Cons: Lots of profanity

Many people want to know what is wrong with the public school system, and I could write volumes on this subject alone. I spent 13 years in it, my husband teaches in it, and my opinion of it is not very high, though I have a deep admiration for those...

Pros: Morgan Freeman was really superb!
Cons: None.

Today was my first time watching this movie and it was at a client's house that I work for. Anyway, the moment the movie began, I knew that I would enjoy watching this movie and I absolutely did. This movie sort of reminds me of this other movie called...

Pros: This movie was very touching. I loved that.
Cons: It wasn’t longer.

I absolutely loved the movie, “Lean on Me.” It is a movie that I won’t forget for a long time.

It starts out with a good school called East Side High. Then it changed. It became a school filled with bad students. People were smoking, locking...

Pros: Morgan Freeman; an inspirational true story
Cons: none

Lean on Me is one of my favorite "true story" movies because it's so inspirational and shows what can be accomplished if people work as a team. I wish more educators would take a look at this movie and see what can be done to make a school what it...

Pros: Morgan Freeman
Cons: that "Batman" joke

Back in the late 80's, there was a trilogy of teacher's against all odds films that came out. "Stand and Deliver" "The Principal" and "Lean On Me"

Both of the first two films were good in their own way....

Pros: Realistic Portrayal of Inner School Life and Challenges
Cons: A Lot of Profanity

Lean on Me is one of the most inspirational movies that I have ever seen. The movie is basically about the main character, Joe Clark, who is assigned to go to an inner city high school which has become out of control and is in danger of losing...

Pros: Good acting
Cons: Avoids some important issues

Lean on Me is another one of those "Tough School" movies where a new principle or teacher comes to a disobediant school and eventually changes the students. But Lean on me was one of the first of it's kind.

Morgan Freeman is...

Pros: A film that will continue to inspire for years to come.
Cons: A film that will shock many because of Mr. Clark's no nonsense approach.

I graduated from PS #4 in Paterson, NJ many years ago. Joe Clark was one of my fourth grade teachers. I would ofter gaze at him in sheer wonderment. He commanded the respect of every student in his class. I personally saw him throw a number of boys ...