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Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

1988 · Movie · 1h 43m · PG

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Synopsis

Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.

Ratings

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb7.3/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes89%21%
Metacritic77/10021%
TMDB7.8/10501 votes16%
Balasaur Score78100%

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