For passing the GED exam to finish their high school phase, a group of high school teenagers, who are always make terrible, cause damages, and create problems in school, are forced to attend a night school, the thing that makes them struggle, but do not affect on their behavior, as they still making noise and terrible.
Cohn merely chronicles three unforgettable people, the kind who are imminently easy to root for, and allows us to realize that they're not that different from us or the legions like them trying to better themselves.
I have over 1000 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and this is the first one that uses that overused word "inspirational". A great work for a period when the government views the film's subjects as superfluous.
Feeling particularly relevant these days because of the ever-growing obstacles faced by less-educated people struggling for economic gains, the moving film depicts the American dream in action.
Night School does a good job in fighting negative preconceptions about adult education by showing the type of character and conviction of a person who's apt to succeed.
If you accept Cohn's invitation to watch their herculean labors, you understand that Lewis, Henson, Jakes, and millions of others live full-time on the cliff's edge of defeat.
We live in a culture that tends to give up for good on dropouts. Greg, Melissa, and Shynika are living proof that there's no expiration date on "back to school."
