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I am a teacher, and I believe I have seen every film made in this genre: white teacher tries to go out and save the underprivileged urban children. This is the best of the lot. It is unpretentious and doesn't pretend to have all the answers. Without spoiling the ending, I will say that "Hollywood" would never have allowed it. I think it is a worthwhile film.

I watched this one day on TBS back when it was first released it followed "The Principal" which is also a very good movie. This movie I would have to say is one of the better school living in a drug filled neighborhood with death all over the place. The ending very well written and filmed. It made the movie worth watching. I wish I had TiVo back in 1998. So if you see it and like it you should recommend it maybe the company will sell it on DVD which made it. IMDb.COM. is a great site. but this movies artwork is wrong, and the link to AMAZON which is an IMDb company is also wrong. Beware I would tell you where to buy it but it may add me to the black list. Anyway I hope this helps you decide whether to see it or not and hopefully amazon adds it, it is very rare to find. Very much overlooked. I am going to purchase and place on a very professional looking light scribed disk along with a self made menu and a nice art worked case TECH is great these days.

I guess I am one of the selected few who appreciated the value or message movie was trying to send. I even got a kick out of the choice of Mickey Rourke as the Head 'priest'. I liked the movie and make no apologies!

True stories are always invaluable when they are reconstructed on film. The great actuing qualities of both Peter Strauss and Rachel Nicotin add to the convincing authenticity of the story, which must touch the hearts of any viewer, especially parents. There is not much drama here, no violence, only emotional passions, especally on the part of the father, and the general mood of the film is rather languid and soft. The one contrast in the drama is the surprise entrance of the biological father, who makes a rather bizarre supporting figure bordering on the ridiculous, underlining the obvious syndrome of an unnatural mother. The question is how the husband could trust such a mother at all, with her cocaine fallacy and spurious past, and who never told her husband anything, but he still gave her a chance with very interesting consequences.

Very strong. Saw this a couple years ago but was compelled to submit only now due to the outrageously misleading two line post on main page. This was a tough, extremely well written, realistic piece featuring fine work by Dan Futterman and that rarest of rare these days, an excellent performance from Mickey Rourke as, of all things, a priest. He is remarkably disciplined and convincing for a change. Though it was made for cable this movie (along with HBO's recent "Cheaters") is superior to 95% of the junk that gets dumped into the neighborhood multiplex. A great deal of care and intelligence went into the making of this one. Check it out if you happen to be into that sort of thing.