Review of Stand and Deliver (1998) by Samantha M — 09 May 2008

Well-done, but still the standard inspirational teacher story. Nonetheless, it gets an extra half star for actually using math as the inspiration.

This review of Stand and Deliver (1998) was written by Samantha M on 09 May 2008.

Stand and Deliver has generally received very positive reviews.

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