Kudos to writer director Ryan Fleck for keeping it real, no fairy-tale endings and no quick cinematic fixes.
This review of Half Nelson (1985) was written by Jeanne Aufmuth and published by Palo Alto Weekly on 29 Aug 2006.
Half Nelson has generally received very positive reviews.
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