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Waiting For Superman

14 Ratings: 3.6

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Waiting for Superman is a 2010 family documentary film from director Davis Guggenheim and producer Lesley Chilcott. The film analyzes the failures of American public education by following several … see full wiki

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Director: Davis Guggenheim

Genre: Documentary

Release Date: January 22, 2010 (Sundance Film Festival)

MPAA Rating: PG

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review by PeccatorImpius. April 18, 2011

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Our Students Need a Union of Their Own

Waiting for Superman is an interesting and somber documentary for its portrayal of the state of education in the United States. It is interesting, because it depicts the predicament of a number of real students from various backgrounds and areas of the country as their parents attempt to enroll them in a charter school. It is somber, because it uses statistics and historical data to reveal the desperate condition of education in our society and the crisis that looms because of it. … more

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review by JP_Rocky_Raccoon. May 30, 2011

posted in Movie Hype

Superlative Documentary with a Few Missing Pieces

Waiting for Superman does an unflinching job of diagnosing and illustrating the problems of today's public school system. Citing statistics with great visualization, the focal points, nevertheless, are on about a half dozen candidates for local charter schools across the nation. Beginning and ending with the charter school lottery, the narrator aptly tells us our children's education should not be left to chance. The movie is illuminating for the videos, human interest stories, and headlines … more

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review by Robin_Uncapher. October 10, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

We need to be our own Superman

In Waiting for Superman, David Guggenheim's riviting documentary about America's school systems, he asks the question many parents have been asking. If our teachers are central to the performance of a school, how can we reconcile poor performance with an uncritical view of teachers? Are bad schools only in slums? Can children brought up in poverty excel in school? Waiting for Superman is not an attack on teachers. If anything its a testament to the critical importance of good teachers. Guggenheim's … more

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review by Gonnawatchit. May 18, 2011

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A 2 Hour Commercial for Charter Schools

Documentarian Davis Guggenheim is some kind of miracle worker. He's managed, twice now, to make documentaries that get lots of attention and accolades and even significantly affect the national debate on an important issue, but really, aren't that good. First, there was "An Incovenient Truth," which was an important subject, for sure, but as a film, was hardly more than Al Gore narrating a Powerpoint presentation. Now comes "Waiting for Superman," which, while it is more … more

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