Lean on Me

Name: Lean on Me
Released: 1989-3-3
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Alan North, Lynne Thigpen

Lean on Me

PG-13
1h 48m
1989

68%

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Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman stars as "Crazy" Joe Clark, the educator assigned as principal to New Jersey's worst high school, in this uplifting true drama. Upon his arrival at his new post, Joe Clark expels kids, fires teachers and antagonizes parents--and wins the hearts of his students--in an uncompromising quest to provide the quality education they deserve.

Director:

John G. Avildsen

Producer:

Norman Twain, John G. Avildsen

Writer:

Michael Schiffer

Cast:

Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Alan North, Lynne Thigpen, Robin Bartlett, Michael Beach, Ethan Phillips, Ivonne Coll, Sloane Shelton, Karina Arroyave, Jermaine Hopkins, Karen Malina White, Michael Imperioli

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

68%

Reviews

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Rene Jordan

For fools like me, eyes will water. This is why, despite its defects, I vote in favor of this fable film. [Full review in Spanish]

July 5, 2022

FULL REVIEW

Call and Post (Cleveland)

Mable Haddock

A tender movie with a tough message.

March 29, 2022

FULL REVIEW

Thirty, Flirty + Film

Cate Young

Joe Clark's tough love philosophy plays into the pernicious respectability that plagues so many black communities- that discipline and assimilation will guarantee safety and success.

Avildsen's enthusiastic direction gives Lean on Me a heartwarming, feel-good tone that is accessible beyond the environs of its subject.

Inspirational movie about a controversial teacher.

June 22, 2017

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