- Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
- Release Date: Aug 11, 1995
- Starring: George Dzundza, Michelle Pfeiffer
- Summary:
- Director: John N. Smith
- Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 18
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Mixed: 11 out of 18
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Negative: 4 out of 18
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75And Pfeiffer gives a funny, scrappy performance that makes you feel a committed teacher's fire to make a difference.
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But the cut-to-the-enlightenment dramaturgy of Ronald Bass's screenplay feels desperate and false.
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38The movie pretends to show poor black kids being bribed into literacy by Dylan and candy bars, but actually it is the crossover white audience that is being bribed with mind-candy in the form of safe words by the two Dylans.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 1 out of 1
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