Film1989108 min

Lean On Me

Name: Lean On Me
Genre: Drama
Released: 1989
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Ethan Phillips, Lynne Thigpen

Taste attributes: dramateenheavyrealisticenclosedcoming of agecomplex relationship

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"Eastside High was out of control...until Joe Clark took it back."

Boxlist takeA realistic drama, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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7.2 /10

TMDB · 198 votes

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Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.

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