This movie is not even close. I went to Steinmetz when this happened, and one of the kids in this was a friend of mine. We went to Monroe middle school together, and wound up going to the same high school. His name was Thomas and he was always smart and always top of his class. Neither school was portrayed accurately. This movie would have been OK if I didn't know any better. I guess its true what they say about a "based on a true story" movie. Its 5% truth and 95% fiction. I wish they would have done a little more research on the schools before making this film. Whitney Young was the school to beat at that time, but they were not the tidy little students you see in this film. They had the same gang fights we had, the same trouble makers in class (me), The thing they had that we didn't was better teachers.
