The film follows a school teacher, who stands up and fights against the backdrop of a lawsuit in his school: giving diplomas to illiterate students. Meanwhile, he also uses his heart to teach his students and inspire them.
It's too often painfully obvious in its implications and heavy-handed in its delivery, but that's countered by the assembly of an exceptional cast as well as the prevalence of themes that remain relevant to this day.
Someone had another Hospital in mind, and they even hired Arthur Hiller to direct it, but the attempt to merge black humor and strident social commentary seems even more uncertain this time.
