I caught this last night. Hilary Swank as an idealist teacher in gang-infested Long Beach, California. The story has been done to death, most recently in 1995's DANGEROUS MINDS. Still, I kind of enjoyed it. Swank was believable (she always is) and Patrick Dempsey was given just enough dialogue so that you'd never know he can't act.
Worth seeing.
"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
