Review of Lean On Me (1989) by Roger Ebert for Chicago Sun-Times — 06 Nov 2003
Lean on Me wants to be taken as a serious, even noble film about an admirable man. And yet it never honestly looks at Clark for what he really is: a grownup example of the very troublemakers he hates so much, still unable even in adulthood to doubt his right to do what he wants, when he wants, as he wants.
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This review of Lean On Me (1989) was written by Roger Ebert and published by Chicago Sun-Times on 06 Nov 2003.
Lean On Me has generally received positive reviews.
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