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Lean On Me 1989 123movies

Lean On Me 1989 123movies

Eastside High was out of control...until Joe Clark took it back.Mar. 03, 1989108 Min.
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Watch: Lean On Me 1989 123movies, Full Movie Online – An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence, and urban despair. Eventually he is successful but unorthodox methods lead to a clash with city officials that threatens to undo all his efforts. Based on a true story..
Plot: When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he’s faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
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Ratings:

7.4/10 Votes: 21,236
68% | RottenTomatoes
58/100 | MetaCritic
N/A Votes: 245 Popularity: 15.074 | TMDB

Reviews:

the saga of Crazy Joe, and a superb lead performance
I wouldn’t recommend Lean on Me anywhere near as much if it had another actor in the lead. Morgan Freeman owns the role of Principal Joe Clark so well that it might just be, over-the-top bits and all, one of his most commanding screen performances. It’s such a rich (if not complex) part to play, as the one guy who comes in like a sheriff in the clueless small old-west town, that you need someone who can rule the screen even in those little moments when (and they’re not many in this case) the actor doesn’t have much to do alongside another actor. Freeman is so good and scene stealing and all those wonderful things we love him for that he makes one forget that the film he’s in is only ‘alright’ at best and at worst is preachy and confused in its tone going between super tough/realistic and sentimental.

It’s about a notorious school in Paterson, New Jersey, and how Joe Clark- who taught there in the 60s- is begged to be brought back to bring it back to some normalcy from the degradation of hardcore 80s madness (crack and gangs and other things infiltrating the high schoolers). While it is, as Ebert pointed out, kind of an unsympathetic character Clark is, I somehow can forgive the faults in the script for the acting (aside from Freeman there are other actors, like Robert Guillame and Michael beach and Beverly Todd, who can go up to bat with the likes of the star). It’s the kind of feel-good-feel-bad 80s story that somehow stays past its time and place (albeit if you’re from Jersey or especially Paterson there’s some extra connection), and it’s at least one other decent career note for Rocky director Avildsen.

Review By: Quinoa1984

Other Information:

Original Title Lean On Me
Release Date 1989-03-03
Release Year 1989

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Drama
Director John G. Avildsen
Writer Michael Schiffer
Actors Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume
Country United States
Awards 4 wins & 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A


Technical Information:

Sound Mix Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Panaflex Camera and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm

Lean On Me 1989 123movies
Lean On Me 1989 123movies
Lean On Me 1989 123movies
Lean On Me 1989 123movies
Original title Lean On Me
TMDb Rating 7.3 245 votes

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