Such a frustrating disappointment

Really Surprised!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

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.

I saw this movie for the first time in 8th grade and thought it was great. Funny and entertaining, with a bit of a moral thrown in. Once I went to highschool my view changed somewhat, considering I went to (and am at) Whitney Young. It's been said here before, but the characterization is all wrong. Whitney has a majority of black students and is neither private nor in the suburbs. At the time the movie was made, Whitney was simply the best public school in the city (new rivals have cropped up in recent years), and so it developed a nucleus of extremely intelligent kids. For the most part they are not the privileged suburbanites portrayed in the movie, although there have been some families that would move into the city just to send their kids there. Anyways, it killed the moral for me, but it showed me a different fault in the Chicago Public schools, that good schools get help while smaller ones get forgotten. This was the story of a forgotten school fighting to get their name back into the light. They went about it the wrong way, but there is something to be learned from it. Or maybe not, considering the funding gap just seems to get worse.But if I forget all of this, ignore the realities, this is still a great movie.

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+

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.