Is the book that unbelievable???

Rating: Null/10 (10 October 2004)

I read the book and was amazed at the craziness that went on around this program. I wanted to see the movie and "see" the craziness. I was not impressed. It was a "good" movie - just not what the book deserved.
Boobie was not as lovable as the movie makes him out to be. Chavez was a deeper story, I think. Winchell probably didn't deserve that much of a story. Billingsley was only that major of a character in the book due to the way his school day went but on the movie his dad was a major player in the story (I wonder why? Did they pay Tim McGraw big money or something??)
I was disappointed because the parts that stood out in the book (a high school spending $70K for plane flights, an English teacher with 25 years experience making $12K less than a guy that coaches football, students getting answer keys with their tests, sophomore girls wanting to sleep with all of the stars...at once...and take Polaroids, etc.) weren't even touched upon on the big screen.
It could've been made SO MUCH better - but it's worth the $2 rental at Blockbuster.