This "inspirational" movie stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as a feisty single mother with a dyslexic infant daughter and Viola Davis as a disillusioned teacher carrying a load of guilt over her son's poor academic performance and in search of redemption. They unite against their school in Pittsburgh and, in defiance of the school's black principal, indifferent bureaucrats and a complacent teachers' union, they set about a parents' takeover. It is said to have been financed and sponsored by rightwing organisations eager to undermine public education, is certainly deeply hostile to unions (as was Walt Disney who created the studio that made this film) and is an altogether crude, melodramatic and unhelpful picture.