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A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 69%, Metacritic 64/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 86% of the 930 2000s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes69%
Metacritic64/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
2,483 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard LaGraveneseDirector
- Richard LaGraveneseScreenplay
- Mark IshamOriginal Music Composer
- will.i.amOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Hilary SwankErin Gruwell
- Patrick DempseyScott Casey
- Scott GlennSteve Gruwell
- Imelda StauntonMargaret Campbell
- April Hernandez CastilloEva Benitez
- MarioAndre Bryant
- Kristin HerreraGloria Munez
- Jaclyn NganSindy
- Sergio MontalvoAlejandro Santiago
- Jason FinnMarcus
- Deance WyattJamal Hill
- Vanetta SmithBrandy Ross
Stills
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Themes
daughterhigh schoolbased on novel or bookholocaust (shoah)ghettodiaryviolence in schoolsprincipal witness biographyracial segregationanne frankschool excursion
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