Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seem... (Full plot summary below)
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Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying "drop-out factories" and "academic sinkholes," methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems.
Leave your thoughts about Waiting for "Superman".
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasWithout a question, it's a movie every parent must see, because to them, it may be the most important movie of the year. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThis is a time when urgent issues are often explored in polemic documentaries, as well as a fateful moment when the future of public education is being debated with unprecedented intensity. Waiting for 'Superman' makes an invaluable addition to the debate. |
| www.susangranger.comSusan GrangerEveryone interested in the welfare of children and the future of our country should see it. |
| TheLoop21.comKam WilliamsAn Oscar-quality expose' laying the blame for the escalating dropout rate right at the feet of a greedy and selfish teachers' union which could care less about educating the country's kids. |
| USA TodayScott BowlesIt's an apt title. As divisive as the issue has become, it's hard to deny the power of Guggenheim's lingering shots on these children, waiting on a superhero who isn't going to come. |
| San Diego Union-TribuneAlison GangGuggenheim knows how to hit that sweet spot, where the head and heart meet, and where great ideas begin to transform into action. |
| KWQC-TV (Iowa)Linda CookThere I sat, alone in the theater, watching what may very well be the most important movie of the year, if not the decade. To say that the documentary 'Waiting for Superman' has played to a small audience is an exercise in understatement. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA serious and sobering documentary about reforming American education and taking bold steps in new directions with charter schools where excellence is heralded and love of learning a given |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...empowers its viewers through a masterful mixture of knowledge and art. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyThe most challenging obstacle encountered by reformers like Canada and Michelle Rhee, the embattled chancellor of education for Washington, D.C., are the unions extending tenure protection to teachers who underperform. |
