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An inner-city junior high school teacher teaches his students how change works — on both a historical and personal scale — and how to think for themselves. When his troubled students learns that the teacher has a drug habit, they form an unlikely friendship that brings each to an important turning point in their lives.
Director: Ryan Fleck
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Shareeka Epps, Deborah Rush, Jay O. Sanders
Run time: 107 minutes
Release date: August 11, 2006
Rating: Rated R for drug content throughout, language and some sexuality.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A-
"This is art that can frustrate many moviegoers, but certainly will enthrall others."
Austin American-Statesman: 4 of 5 stars
"(Director Ryan) Fleck ... touches lightly on conflicts instead of hammering them home. While there are plenty of morals to be found in the story, he doesn't dictate how viewers should interpret them."
The Palm Beach Post: B+
"... a hard movie to shake off, with its gritty look into the urban world and into the soul of its characters."
The Associated Press: B+
"... bracing realism that keeps the film raw and grounded."
