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Name: Stand and Deliver
Released: 1988-3-11
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosana De Soto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris

Stand and Deliver

PG
1h 45m
1988

90%

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Edward James Olmos stars as Jaime Escalante in this inspirational true story about a teacher and the unmotivated East Los Angeles high school students who he inspires, badgers, threatens and humors into learning the most demanding of all math sciences--calculus. But the accomplishment is so utterly fantastic that the students are accused of cheating. Given a choice to accept the allegation or retake an extremely demanding examination to prove themselves, the students decide to Stand And Deliver.

Director:

Ramon Menendez

Producer:

Tom Musca, Lindsay Law

Writer:

Ramon Menendez, Tom Musca

Cast:

Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips, Rosana De Soto, Andy Garcia, Estelle Harris, Mark Phelan, Mark Eliot, Virginia Paris

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

90%

Critics Consensus: Stand and Deliver pulls off the unlikely feat of making math class the stuff of underdog drama -- and pays rousing tribute to a real-life inspirational figure in the bargain.

Reviews

Reel Film Reviews

David Nusair

...slow-moving yet mostly compelling...

May 18, 2022

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El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Rene Jordan

As original as it is fascinating, because it's based on intelligence and self-improvement, on the joy of learning, something that's almost always ignored by the cinema. [Full review in Spanish]

As a paean to the idea that one individual can still make a difference in this world, Stand and Deliver does just that.

Director Menendez has skillfully captured both the school and the kids' home environments. Nothing is prettified we are given barrio life in its beautiful-ugly rawness. Casting choices for the kids are generally brilliant.

I won't tell the end, I'll just say this is a wonderful movie. Olmos is superb, funny, strong; Lou Diamond Phillips makes a terrific wise-guy student But then, everybody's terrific. You come away feeling cheered and hopeful.

August 11, 2021

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