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Lean on Me
An unconventional teacher of East side High School has now become the headmaster and his main aim is to bring rectification in the school by correcting kids involved in felony and drug dealing.
10 December 1974, Newark, New Jersey, USA
23 December 1944, Mullins, South Carolina, USA
4 February 1934, Brooklyn, New York, USA
December 23, 1944 in Mullins, South Carolina, USA
7 July 1965, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
23 August 1973, Newark, New Jersey, USA
30 October 1963, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
18 June 1947, Fajardo, Puerto Rico
19 August 1973, New York City, New York, USA
14 March 1934, Hahira, Georgia, USA
29 July 1950, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
23 December 1920, The Bronx, New York, USA
8 February 1944, USA
8 February 1955, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
July 29, 2002
calculated to get you cheering -- and it does
August 17, 2003
Freeman, as usual, infuses a standard-issue plot with extraordinary emotional conviction.
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.
August 01, 2003
Freeman goes for the gusto and pulls it off...
August 01, 2002
Watchable but formulaic tough-love-teacher movie, made perhaps before Morgan Freeman could get himself better roles.
April 07, 2004
Is a baseball bat the best way to organize a school? In the movie, sure. In real life, maybe not.
January 02, 2011
Inspirational movie about a controversial teacher.
