This film is certainly not old, and the first thing that attracted me to it was the word "Superman" in the title. Honestly, this movie didn't make a big impression on me, as it's main point was pretty clear but didn't need a whole film to communicate: Teacher's Unions make it exceptionally hard to fire poor (performance wise) teachers, and those teachers have a great negative impact on students. While that is certainly a relevant point and one that needs to be addressed immediately, the film as a whole was less informative. It's almost like the film "Teachers" with the limited entertainment value of that film sucked out (yes, I rewatched that film again about a year ago)
Yes,"Waiting for Superman" did well with showing real kids and the showing how families struggle to get their diligent and hard working kids into a school which will allow them to reach their full potential. It's certainly ironic that the only child who was accepted to the better school was the white girl who already had a perfectly decent school available to her.
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