Review of Stand & Deliver (2001) 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 & Deliver (2001) was written by Samantha M on 09 May 2008.

Stand & Deliver has generally received very positive reviews.

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