Review of Lean On Me (1989) by King Of Mulitifarious Interests — 31 Jul 2008

Entertaining movie about a tough school principal hired to clean up a school... Morgan Freeman is excellent.

This review of Lean On Me (1989) was written by King Of Mulitifarious Interests on 31 Jul 2008.

Lean On Me has generally received positive reviews.

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To Luke Y. Thompson at New Times, Don't use your 2004 culture to judge a school at 1987 in black ghetto. You prove as astounding idiot…

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Morgan Freeman and his supporting cast made this film enjoyable. It's nothing original, as a matter of fact it's cliche ridden…

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A great feel good movie about the real life Joe Clark, nothing to complain about here, it gets me every time…

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