Waiting for Superman: DVD Review
Waiting for Superman
Rating: PG
Released by Universal Home entertainment
Waiting for Superman is a doco about the American education system
and its failings.
From Davis Guggenheim (who brought us An Inconvenient Truth) its
USP is that this doco blames weak teachers for the failing students
rather than the system itself.
Choosing to follow a clutch of kids from all sides of America and
their families who want the best for them educationally, it manages
to humanize the issue. Throw into the mix some inspirational
teachers who're trying to make the difference after realizing
what's wrong and some damning evidence (and some anecdotal) about
where it's going wrong and you've got a fairly potent mix.
Mix in animations and clips from the School of Rock and The
Simpsons and Waiting for Superman aims to get its message out to
all - many will appreciate what it's saying; some will feel, once
again, that the doco maker is following his own agenda.
Rating: 6/10
