Lean on Me
Lean on Me is about an overconfident and eccentric teacher who is now the principal of Eastside High School. He wants to lead the school towards betterment by dealing with felonious students and drug dealers.
4 February 1934, Brooklyn, New York, USA
14 March 1934, Hahira, Georgia, USA
23 August 1973, Newark, New Jersey, USA
26 November 1970, Brooklyn, New York, USA
7 July 1965, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
8 February 1955, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA
19 August 1973, New York City, New York, USA
29 July 1950, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
22 July 1933, New York City, New York, USA
28 November 1926, Vienna, Austria
16 September 1970, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
August 17, 2003
Freeman, as usual, infuses a standard-issue plot with extraordinary emotional conviction.
July 29, 2002
calculated to get you cheering -- and it does
August 01, 2003
Freeman goes for the gusto and pulls it off...
January 02, 2011
Inspirational movie about a controversial teacher.
April 07, 2004
Is a baseball bat the best way to organize a school? In the movie, sure. In real life, maybe not.
August 01, 2002
Watchable but formulaic tough-love-teacher movie, made perhaps before Morgan Freeman could get himself better roles.
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.
