I may be crazy, but the story-line was a big disappointment.

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 2008)

Well, I finally watched this. I was enjoying it until near the end, with the plot twist (STOP READING NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS) that, if you have seen the movie, you know what I mean.
I think that this movie had the potential to be a very inspirational film, but, I'm sorry, suicide doesn't inspire me.
Basically, what the teacher was trying to do was great.. but the suicide was the ultimate failure.. basically the boy was admitting that he could not "sieze the day" and stand up to his father and live his own life.
I mean.. if you wanted tear-jerking, you can have the death of someone (I read that William's character was originally supposed to die of leukemia.. MUCH better plot idea than the suicide one, IMO).. you could even have a tragic death of one of the kids.. but not suicide.. doesn't work for an "inspirational" movie.. as I said.. it was a FAILURE of everything that the teacher was teaching the students..
I dunno.. it just left a bad taste in my mouth.. True, it was emotional, true, it was well- acted.. but I felt it slapped us in the face and ruined what could have been a great story..
And I didn't find it believable that anyone (even a stuffy school) would "Blame" a teacher for his student's suicide under those circumstances. Investigate and fire?? No.. not for what that teacher did..doesn't make sense.. not believable.. as I said
Basically after the suicide everything went sour...the plot fell apart..
LOL.. maybe part of it is I'm a real House addict, and had been enjoying Robert Sean Leanoard (looking VERY young and almost "yummy" LOL) and well.. I thought his suicide was the worst plot twist I'd ever seen.. It just went against everything the movie was about..
So there you have my opinion.. COuld have been great, but a shocking suicide just doesn't fit with an "inspirational" story like this.
If I want to go be inspired, I'll go watch Apollo 13, October Sky, Mr. Holland's Opus,