Nonureva Really Surprised!

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

vitachiel What annoyed me about this movie is that it tries very hard to be streetwise and cool, but at the same time wants to tell a true story right and on top of that trying to deliver an image that justifies the main characters' moral standpoints. Naturally, all this makes things a bit messy. The thing that most annoyed me however, was the clear-cut division on ethnic grounds. The brightest students at Steinmetz are all white and so is their hero teacher. Most of the other students are black and are portrayed in a very stereotypical manner. Probably this was not done on purpose, but that may be all the more concerning. I can understand that the makers wanted to stick to the original, real life characters, but it wouldn't have bothered me if they'd give some of the bright students a bit more colour. They justly spotlighted the unfair competition between poor and rich schools, but failed to exorcise their unconscious racial prejudices.

Mr_Sensitive This is a good film and I really like it. I really don't know why, but I'm keep on watching it. It's fun, yet it only just about cheating in the competition. But they have cheated because the people and their surrounding have pressurized them. Jeff Daniels as the teacher have to make a decision if he would allowed his student to cheat, he himself was pressurize by the fellow teachers and his mother saying he was up to nothing unlike his brother. Even after hard work they still fail. Of-course one would be disappointed. And when the chances come why not grab it. I would have cheated myself at least it would provoke the spirit of the team. After all the movie did bring out all the things it needed. And it seem people really like the movie.I do.Max: B+

JoshuaJ956 In a time of society when cheating -- at the high school level more specifically -- is a daily occurrence . This movie accurately shows the effects of what it brings and what the result can be.Cheating happens. It can be at the academic or the athletic level or at the financial level. It has no boundaries. This movie depicts just one of those levels.The accuracy -- whether or not it is based on a true story -- is superb. I really enjoy this movie and recommend it to everyone.

purple_ghostie Saw this movie for the first time today, and I have to say that I'm disappointed in the outcome. The teacher is faced with the decision of whether or not he should condone cheating, and chooses to make it the kids decision. The one person who does the right thing doesn't turn in the other kids out of any moral reasoning, but out of jealousy. At the end of the movie, we hear Jolie narrating and saying she might become a teacher, to help shape young minds. That if she catches them cheating, she'll come down on them. Then she says "If they can get past me, I'll know they can make it in the real world." Now, I understand that this is based on a true story, and the movie does seem end the same way the actual events did, but I truly hope that at least some of the students involved learned something more than the real life Jolie Fitch did. Ms. Fitch, the real world is what we make of it. If you want the world to continue to be unfair, then by all means, continue cheating your way through life. Or you COULD stand up and make it different. "Everybody cheats" is no excuse, and "everybody" is not who you have to face in the mirror each day. I do understand also the frustration at seeing others with more benefits, simply because they have money. I'm far from rich and my kids and I all have gone through public schools, but I know I would hate to be one of the people who contributes to making this world even more unjust.