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A Balasaur Score of 56 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 36%, Metacritic 46/100. Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,899 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes36%
Metacritic46/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
1,337 audience votes
Key crew
- John N. SmithDirector
- Ronald BassScreenplay
- Lisa ColemanOriginal Music Composer
- Wendy MelvoinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michelle PfeifferLouanne Johnson
- George DzundzaHal Griffith
- Courtney B. VanceMr. George Grandey
- Robin BartlettMrs. Carla Nichols
- Beatrice WindeMary Benton
- John NevilleWaiter
- Lorraine ToussaintIrene Roberts
- Renoly SantiagoRaul Sanchero
- Wade DominguezEmilio Ramirez
- Bruklin HarrisCallie Roberts
- Marcello ThedfordCornelius Bates
- Roberto AlvarezGusmaro Rivera
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Themes
high schoolcaliforniarap musickaratenaval officerteacherbased on memoir or autobiographyamusement parkschoolteacher