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.
16 July 1969, Colombia
27 April 1945, Queens, New York, USA
17 September 1967, North Trenton, New Jersey, USA
30 October 1963, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
30 November 1927, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
23 December 1920, The Bronx, New York, USA
December 23, 1944 in Mullins, South Carolina, USA
8 February 1944, USA
29 July 1950, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
25 September 1949, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
26 November 1970, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 September 1940, New York, USA
26 March 1966, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
10 December 1974, Newark, New Jersey, USA
22 July 1933, New York City, New York, USA
July 29, 2002
calculated to get you cheering -- and it does
April 07, 2004
Is a baseball bat the best way to organize a school? In the movie, sure. In real life, maybe not.
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...
January 02, 2011
Inspirational movie about a controversial teacher.
August 01, 2002
Watchable but formulaic tough-love-teacher movie, made perhaps before Morgan Freeman could get himself better roles.
