A small-town teacher relocates to one of the country's toughest classrooms.A small-town teacher relocates to one of the country's toughest classrooms.A small-town teacher relocates to one of the country's toughest classrooms.
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- 6 wins & 17 nominations total
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- TriviaThis movie earned Matthew Perry his first Golden Globe nomination.
- GoofsThe position of Ron's umbrella while talking to Marissa outside the state building.
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Principal Turner: These kids are at the bottom of the barrel.
Ron Clark: Don't talk about them like that.
Principal Turner: Now all I'm asking is for your students to pass.
Ron Clark: Oh every one of my students will pass.
Principal Turner: [inaudible, students commenting outside office] They can become someone else's problem.
Ron Clark: The problem isn't the kids. It's not even what they can achieve. The problem is what you expect them to achieve. You are setting the bar here. Why? Set it up here! They can make it.
Principal Turner: This community judges us by scores. Government funding judges us by scores. People who give me scores, they get my respect.
Ron Clark: Okay good. In May, they'll all test at grade level.
Principal Turner: [sighs] I don't see how that's possible.
Ron Clark: Excuse me. Did I say grade level? I meant above grade level.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007)
- SoundtracksThe Presidents' Rap
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Performed by Matthew Perry and the School Children
The storyline is well developed and while there are a few unrealistic points, I think that it's very good. The children were portrayed very realistically, as were the challenges of teaching such a group. Knowing that it was a true story only heightened my enjoyment of the entire movie.
Because of the above said reasons I gave this a ten out ten. The movie isn't very action filled, and there isn't much romance, but I think that it's one of the best movies that I have seen in quite a long time.
I hope you will take this review seriously when choosing whether to watch this movie.
Thank you.
- rome_laurano
- Aug 14, 2006
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