Normally, a film sequel occurs shortly after the original movie is released...perhaps a year or a few years later. However, in the case of "To Sir, with Love II", it's about three decades later! Because the delay was so long, it makes you wonder if this TV movie can capture the spirit of the original. To make this more likely, there are brief cameos by a couple of the 'kids' from the original movie...Judy Geeson and Lulu.
Mark Thackery (Sidney Poitier) is retiring after a long and successful career teaching in England. Now he's ready for a new challenge and accepts a job working in a tough urban school in Chicago. But when he arrives, he asks that he not be given the Honors History class to teach but the one for the 'hopeless' kids as he likes the challenge...which we saw in the original picture. Is he up for the challenge or will his students eat him alive?
"To Sir, with Love II" is a very enjoyable film. It's not entirely realistic, as I've taught some tough kids myself and the 'tough kids' in the film seemed amazingly normal and not the dangerous, psychotic sorts! But even if much of the film (particularly the last ten minutes) isn't altogether realistic, it is enjoyable and well acted....and is well worth seeing.
Mark Thackery (Sidney Poitier) is retiring after a long and successful career teaching in England. Now he's ready for a new challenge and accepts a job working in a tough urban school in Chicago. But when he arrives, he asks that he not be given the Honors History class to teach but the one for the 'hopeless' kids as he likes the challenge...which we saw in the original picture. Is he up for the challenge or will his students eat him alive?
"To Sir, with Love II" is a very enjoyable film. It's not entirely realistic, as I've taught some tough kids myself and the 'tough kids' in the film seemed amazingly normal and not the dangerous, psychotic sorts! But even if much of the film (particularly the last ten minutes) isn't altogether realistic, it is enjoyable and well acted....and is well worth seeing.