"Lean on Me" (1989) is a touching inspirational drama. Based on a true story, Morgan Freeman gives a virtuoso performance as Joe Clark, a strict principal who takes over a troubled high school and employs hard-edged tactics in order to turn it around. Within a year Clark manages to transform the entire school though his unorthodox methods of carrying a baseball bat in the hallways and locking out suspected drug dealers, making him a controversial symbol of tough love.
