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- 1988
- TV-PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 43 m
- 1988
- TV-PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 43 m
Summary The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.
Directed By: Ramón Menéndez
Written By: Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez
- 1988
- TV-PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 43 m
- 1988
- TV-PG
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 43 m
Stand and Deliver
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7.4
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Summary The story of Jaime Escalante, a high school teacher who successfully inspired his dropout prone students to learn calculus.
Directed By: Ramón Menéndez
Written By: Tom Musca, Ramón Menéndez
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
77
100% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Stand and Deliver itself, with its message of the soaring rewards of learning, aims high and delivers perhaps a B+. But it's already a better, less cliched film than La Bamba, with considerably more on its mind, and its strengths may pave the way for more complex, more demanding stories of the Latino experience for all audiences.
Stand and Deliver is a kind of thinking man's Rocky: melodramatic, full of street-level emotion, with a knockout of an ending that may even convince you that good can occasionally triumph against implausible odds. [07 Apr 1988]
Stand and Deliver does what it promises. It delivers. [30 Mar 1988, p.1D]
Mr. Olmos seems to be living and breathing this role rather than merely playing it, and his enthusiasm really catches on.
Like a series pilot, Stand and Deliver has a strong character, a promising situation and not a lot of story-it seems to be setting things up for future episodes.
It's a stand-up-and-cheer kind of movie -- hence the Rocky comparison -- with the unlikeliest of heroes. [30 Mar 1988, p.D1]
There were moments in Stand and Deliver that moved me very deeply and other moments so artificial and contrived that I wanted to edit them out, right then and there. The result is a film that makes a brave, bold statement about an unexpected subject, but that lacks the full emotional power it really should have.
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Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
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Generally Favorable
Based on 12 User Ratings
7.4
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 6 Wins & 7 Nominations
