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| TriStar Pictures | Release Date: September 18, 1987 |
Starring:
Esai Morales, J.J. Cohen, Jacob Vargas, James Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Michael Wright, Rae Dawn Chong, Reggie Johnson, Thomas Ryan, Troy Winbush
Summary:
A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent and crime-ridden high school.
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It's basically an anger film, a catharsis for problems we haven't learned to solve. As that, it does its job well, with humor and surprising grace. [18 Sep 1987, p.18]
The Principal almost has something to say about inner-city high schools, public education in the '80s, and race relations. It never deals with these issues, and a good cast is abandoned in the parking lot. [21 Sep 1987, p.1D]
The Principal has no principle. It aspires to be a gritty look at a troubled inner-city school, but despite all its tough talk and its seething students, it's a cornball fantasy. [18 Sep 1987, p.D5]
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