Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Namear Darweesh When I first watched this show I was mentally still a teenager but even then I thought it is brilliant. Now I am watching it again as a father and it's just a whole new dimension of brilliance. This show is excellent on so many levels, the subject, the script, the characters, the cast, the acting and most importantly the relevance to most, if not all, of us. I have to admit it is has an element of fantasy though as it is almost impossible to find such amazing staff in any school -let alone public schools-. You might find one or two really brilliant teachers here or there but to be surrounded with such passionate and qualified school staff is a kind of fiction, these days at least. This is one TV show we can learn a lot from while being truly entertained.

drpiano There have been some very compelling movies and television shows that feature education, and especially the student experience over the years. "To Sir with Love" was a fine motion picture, as an example. "Blackboard Jungle" is a classic. "Mr. Novak" was a high quality television show that made a statement appropriate to the times. Boston Public, however, is the finest depiction of the world of education ever presented. The difference is that this program looks at the angst of youth in a changing world through the eyes of teachers. There have been moments of great mirth--like when Harvey Lipshulz claimed to be George Washington reborn--Cleopatra in an even earlier life. Another gem was when this great actor, Fyvush Finkel, gave an over the top speech about teaching, ending about how he'd toss bombs at enemies. Can't forget when "Harvey" waltzed into Steven Harper's office in boxers--his trousers were hanging from a tree. Other times, I've melted into tears. There was the time that actress Jeri Ryan seemed to implode inward when a brilliant young student with ADD--a gifted musician--lost his life in a car crash.Loretta Devine is just that--divine. When she, along with Sharon Leal and Rashida Jones break into song; wow... A thousand times wow.Let us not forget Nicky Katt's Harry Senate. If all teachers were this devoted. And the utterly charming Jessica Gilsig. I think I'm in love. The real key to this extraordinary television show was Chi McBride's Steven Harper, interacting with Anthony Heald's Scott Guber. Moments like these are as rare as hen teeth anywhere; television, motion pictures, legitimate theater.If the powers that be were on their toes, they would revive this show in a year or two. Let us see Winslow High further down the road.Kudos to the WE network for bringing Boston Public back. At the top I wrote that Boston Public is the best show of its kind ever. Well, it's more than that. It's the best television show of all time.

Scott-101 This show was one of the best products to come from David E Kelley, and David E Kelley was one of the best things to happen to television. With so many dramas about lawyers, police units, and hospitals get more than enough attention, this show drew a lot of appeal simply by finding a new interesting segment of society to feature on a TV show that anyone who has ever attended public school would like to know more about. Kelly infused his drama about the academic faculty of an inner-city school with a balance of humanity and sensationalism. The show featured a talented ensemble through which conflict could be created through clashing philosophies, but the one thing their passion to the job. The characters on the show were all conveniently designed to be single and attractive, leading to another classic draw of TV in this day and age, sexual tensions. A chief complaint that many, including myself, had with the show was that it wasn't entirely realistic, most high schools do not have as many eventful things going on as Winslow (where the show took place) every week, and I don't remember as many of my teachers being drop-dead gorgeous and so sexually-in-need, but the show, nevertheless had a lot of gripping drama and really faced head-on some of the issues involving public school, from both the standpoint of students and teachers. It's much easier to appreciate, anyway, when you accept that David E. Kelley shows aren't supposed to be realistic. Unfortunately, the show has lost some of it momentum after the first couple years. For one, there was a high cast turnover, and it was hard to get attached to characters after they kept leaving or getting fired and replaced by new characters. I don't know what the cause of that was, but with the exception of the relationship between Principal Harper and his assistant Scott Guber, both played by two capable leads, none of the other interpersonal relationships in the story really had a chance to develop. It was also for other reasons that I felt like Boston Public had never grown past season one, like inconsistencies thrown in by the creators that looked like cheap attempts to boost ratings. For instance they suddenly made Scott Guber a religious Jew who abhorred dating Jewish women in the 4th season even though the desperate assistant principal had been trying to get with ever non-Jewish teacher in the school since day 1 and always hated Mr. Lipschutz, and they suddenly added a daughter for Steven Harper in the second season who attends the school when there was never any mention of her in the first season. For these reasons, I always felt like each season, was just another season 1 for Boston Public and after a while it just got old. The move to Friday nights by Fox was also rediculous, the last thing any student wants to watch on a Friday night is a show about school. The show recently got cancelled and I kind of understood why, since I myself had drifted out of it, but at the same time I really appreciate it, as it once was very good.

Sarah Perry If the rumors that this piece of tripe is finally coming to its long-overdue end are true, then HALLELUJAH. I tell you, being the rabid ST: Voyager fan I was in the late 90s, seeing Jeri Ryan single-handedly bring the struggling series out of its near-death slump and rise to ultimate Sci-Fi greatness... AND THEN TURN AROUND and join the cast of this... it was a painful experience. What were you THINKING, Jeri?! This show has absolutely no redeeming factors. People argue that it's "cutting edge", deals with "relevant issues", and even "is a realistic take on high schools at the turn of the Millenium", and in response to these people, all I can do is laugh. Seriously now. This show seems to believe that it is God's gift to the uninformed public, and while it does tackle more controversial issues in one episode than I can even name, it does it in such a holier-than-thou fashion that it makes me cringe. The writers seem to think that no one in the world has ever considered the fact that abused children have it tough, or the fact that gay students might have a difficult time in school. There's sexism, and students sleeping with teachers (Wow, that's NEVER been done before... except on the equally socially relevant programs as Dawson's Creek and The O.C.!), and it's done in such a manner that it makes you wonder if the writers have ever SEEN a television before. These issues are so dated I half expect Bea Arthur to waltz onto the set and still have dark hair.