Some vindication...

Here's a review of "Freedom Writers" I found online today....

Movies about life-changing, role-model teachers push a lot of buttons, especially if you're an educator or you've been involved in school for any stretch of time. Being the son of a former teacher, I usually can't resist. Unfortunately, they're usually pushing the same buttons. The formulaic nature of the genre, from "Goodbye Mr. Chips" to "Dangerous Minds" to "Akeelah and the Bee," seems impossible to escape ... "Freedom Writers," unfortunately, trots right back to the formula.