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Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Matthew Perry shines as Ron Clark in this wonderful film. He truly captures the character and his rapport with the kids playing his students is wonderful.Perry gives us as an audience all the elements of his personality that we fell in love with in Friends while also being able to show off his skill as a dramatic actor. He plays both the comedic and dramatic scenes equally well.Films like this are nothing new but it is the simple story behind this one combined with the charm of Perry that allows it to stand out from the others.It is a truly wonderful film that is well worth a watch.

At the start of the movie I was immediately taken by the plot and the setting of the movie. It really shows off; if you believe in your self you can do whatever you want. Ron Clark's appearance in the school the first day is like the kids meeting the devil, he has rules, he has the will to teach and he's there to make a difference. These kids are used to being the boss in the classroom and hopes that Ron Clark will be gone faster than he came. BUT as some of them realize, he's the savior for this class. Because there are a few students who are in the class to learn, and WANT to learn, and there are more dominant class members that makes that impossible for them. But what Clark manages is to see is that there are a lot of potential in general. And he turns them around by small "mind tricks". He manages to maintain the class, in a way they're not used to. He manages to help even the worst students see that they have a reason to stay in school.As of Matthew's performance, where in gods name is the Oscar nomination? I was simply blown away by Perry's performance, I've for long been a Matthew Perry fan. Why? Because he has always managed to entertain me, Friends was of course my favorite always, because there he reminded me a lot about myself, and he made me laugh regardless of watching an episode once or a hundred times. After and during friends I've always seen a little Chandler in any role he's done. As Ron Clark, I see Ron Clark. He is funny and yet he is committed to his role. His amazing way of talking and expressing his feelings, made him almost seem like a real teacher to me, and not one of those crappy; take up your books and write, type of teacher. Just by this performance alone, I actually had the feeling of becoming a teacher would have been an awesome job. Thanks Matthew for giving me an awesome movie-experience.If you haven't seen this movie, you should!

I thought Matthew Perry was very good in his role and I loved the story and the portrayal of it but unlike my wife I had not seen Ron Clark on Oprah. So when she started to insist that we watch the special features on the CD, I was ready to go off and do some other chores. 30 seconds into the first interview with Ron on the special features I was suddenly aware of the true depth of this story.The incredible passion that Ron exudes about teaching and just about life, is an inspiration to anyone. I have begun to make his story and his interviews part of the training which I provide to new employees in my business and also recommend it to young adults beginning their working life. The message Ron delivers is about living life with a deep passion. If we are go into each day with anything that approaches this man's dedication and enthusiasm, the odds for success are huge.Ron Clark is a wonderful example to us all, no matter what we do each day, as to how we could live if we chose to.

Being a teacher, I look for inspiration. I was fortunate to have seen Ron Clark speak last year. At this gathering, mention was made that there was a TV movie being made about his inspiring story starring Matthew Perry.So, now comes that movie. But having seen it the other night, I must say how unimpressed I was. The reason why is that Ron Clark has been turned into "Ron Clark, role for TV star who wants people to see that he can act" and it doesn't seem to capture the personality of the real guy! The real Ron Clark I would describe as effervescent, clearly North Carolinian (the dialect gives that away), a bundle of energy. Matthew Perry's performance seemed, in comparison, to be Ron Clark on downers. A dynamic, even flamboyant, white guy in a Harlem school should seem to demand a stronger contrast in storytelling. THE RON CLARK STORY was too convenient in the fact that all story lines end at the same time in the same room. It's sanitized, homogenized and Hollywood-ized into formulaic material that does not serve to inspire from a realistic point of view. It exaggerated too far beyond what the real story is.Too bad. The inspiration for the storytelling got lost. It seems to have become less inspiring than the real Ron Clark would suggest. That's demotivating.