Review of Stand and Deliver (1928) by Jonny P — 20 Oct 2010
Stand and Deliver is an inspirational teacher who believes in a hopeless group of low-level math students. Though they are unable to multiply fractions at first, Jaime Escalante's creative (and often unorthodox) teaching methods capture their attention, driving them to enroll in summer school to study trigonometry and eventually taking the AP Calc exam the following spring.
Edward James Olmos' portrayal is inspiring as he fights racism, the system, and takes interest in the well-being of his students' lives (sometimes instead of his own). I do not find it to be as inspiring as Stand By Me and Mr.
Holland's Opus, but the closing scene of this inspirational story will surely leave you with a significant amount of warm fuzzies.
This review of Stand and Deliver (1928) was written by Jonny P on 20 Oct 2010.
Stand and Deliver has generally received positive reviews.
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