Waiting for 'Superman'
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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 37 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 44
  3. Negative: 4 out of 44

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  1. CClark
    Feb 20, 2011
    0
    A myopic, one-sided rant, long on bluster and woefully short on substance. While the film claims to analyze a serious issue, it's really a simple-minded attack on teacher's unions, with no solutions or insights offered.
  2. dellamorte
    May 10, 2011
    0
    Waiting for Superman? ***Spoiler*** Well don't, he doesn't show up at all. Color me disapointed. They couldn't even be bothered to get Dean Cain... and he would have done it for a Snickers bar. Very misleading title.

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Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    70
    This documentary about the public education crisis isn't as smart or rigorous as Bob Bowdon's shoestring production "The Cartel," which arrived in town earlier this year and quickly vanished. But the new movie is still an admirable exercise in straight talk.
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  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    90
    By showing how fiercely dedicated idealists are making a difference, it is a call to arms.
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  3. Tampa Bay Times
    Reviewed by: Steve Persall
    67
    Nobody can disagree that Waiting for Superman deals with a subject demanding attention. But it paints the engulfing problems of U.S. education with a brush too broad and samples too small to be definitive.
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