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    Won't Back Down

    PG2012 · Drama · 2h 1m

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      • Won't Back Down says that whatever your feelings about the subject, lack of change cannot be the answer to our public-education crisis. Trying to cram an informational exposé and a vintage inspirational awards-bait weeper into one movie, Won't Back Down is awkward at times, yet it's also passionate in a surprisingly smart way.
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  2. Sep 26, 2012 · Reviews. If school reform were only this simple. Roger Ebert September 26, 2012. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The failing primary school in "Won't Back Down" succeeds in teaching only seventy percent of its graduates to read.

  3. Sep 28, 2012 · Despite the best efforts of its talented leads, Won't Back Down fails to lend sufficient dramatic heft or sophistication to the hot-button issue of education reform. Read Critics Reviews

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    • Daniel Barnz
    • PG
    • Maggie Gyllenhaal
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  4. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 35% based on 106 reviews with an average rating of 5.10/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Despite the best efforts of its talented leads, Won't Back Down fails to lend sufficient dramatic heft or sophistication to the hot-button issue of education reform."

  5. Sep 26, 2012 · Won’t Back Down: Film Review. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis take charge of a turnaround campaign at a failing Pittsburgh elementary school in Daniel Barnz's inspirational agenda...

  6. Sep 28, 2012 · With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Holly Hunter. Two determined mothers­, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.

    • (6.8K)
    • Drama
    • Daniel Barnz
    • 2012-09-28
  7. Sep 28, 2012 · Movie Review: Won’t Back Down Strives for Outrage, But Settles for Clichés By Bilge Ebiri , a film critic for New York and Vulture Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Won’t Back...

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