A strong documentary, even if I don't agree with it's proposition.

shocking and heartbreaking. left me feeling helpless and hopeless.

An educational look at... education. Heartbreaking in places and eye opening in others. Recommended.

Eye opening look at how screwed up our educational system is. Depressing, but a must watch.

Can't help but feel strongly about the struggle of some of these kids, the fact that education might be the only way out for some of them and the never ending cycle of bad education leads to poverty leads to crime leads to bad education... and their hopes hang on a lottery... I think the lottery is distracting from some of the more important things though, seeing the success of Kipps and the George Canada schools does bring some hope that it can be fixed, it's very interesting to see how China affected deeply the economy of the United States and how schools 30+ years later still haven't managed to react to that.

You know how people blame the schools for the problems of the youth of America? Well, they should.

I often find it very hard to comment on or rate documentaries that talk about social issues or on broader level, are about changing the system. Another one of my pet peeves is finding a fault in system, without giving a solution. Even though this documentary avoided these pit-falls, criticizing such a vast system based on a small sample set. Does the system needs improvements? Sure. Can they be implemented on that vast level? has to be the question to be answered.

A film like WAITING FOR SUPERMAN makes you wonder exactly how much of the entire picture you’re seeing. I feel like it was probably fairly one-sided, but can’t deny its effectiveness. It’s no secret that our schools are way lower than they should be, and this movie does its job in making you want to see drastic changes made immediately.

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I'm not going to get into the politics surrounding this movie, except to say that it's very one sided. The filmmaker's view of what (or who) is wrong with schools and how to fix them is clearly laid out. Any possible complications or problems with his view is completely ignored. It's not that contrary points of view are dismissed...they're just not acknowledged to exist at all. For all I know, his view may be correct, though I'd like to see some more nuance in an issue as important as this one. Still, the one view given is presented well.

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Waiting for Superman presents an ongoing problem about America's educational system. Unfortunately, it solely blames the declining academic performance in America on bad teachers and schools, and while the quality of teachers and schools are vital to a student's educational experience, the students themselves play just as much a part, if not more into their own education. Unfortunately, this documentary, while accurate in aspects, suffers from the lack of almost any mentioning of students' accountability on their academic progress.

This really exposed the education system in the United States. Made it more personal when you followed the story of a child. This was a film where the use of information graphics was VERY effective for the viewer.