Fighting the odds
A sharper incumbency edge increases the implicit prizes of winning. Fighting the odds fighting intensity may therefore rise when the strength of each side becomes more. Fighting Odds Fighting Odds is a American silent drama film produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures and starring stage beauty Maxine Elliott. The. Fighting the Odds (English, Paperback, Williams K). Highlights. •. Language: English. •. Binding: Paperback. •. Publisher: Covey Publishing, LLC. •. Genre. Jami Gertz in Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story ().
Fighting Against the Odds
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Was this review helpful. Sign in to vote. This is a true story about what education should be like in the United States. It's a story about one teacher who cared enough about the kids to do whatever it took to help these kids get their education and to graduate. This is a story about rising up above the perceived problems and taking charge of your destiny. This is the best movie I've seen in my life!
Based upon the real life person Marilyn Gambrell who teaches these children to rise above the problems. She also gets each one of these kids to graduate. The one kid that was expelled promised to come back next year. Through all of this, she even went up against the faculty when they wanted to ax her program.
She went up against them because she believed in the kids that much. She took the worst kids in the district and made them into winners. This true story shows you how anybody can be a winner. FKrouse 28 August This movie is good. Strong script and well acted. Must see especially if you liked Dangerous Minds. Marilyn Gambrell is an inspiration and strives to make a difference in the community she comes from.
Gambrell a former parole officer, and a former co worker, gets involved with the students from Smiley High School. Fighting the odds Gambrell a white female, is seen as an outsider and has to earn the respect of the students. Her main focus is on children of parent or parents whom are in jail. She is hoping to break the chain, so future children will not end up in prison. She strives to show each child they are loved and no longer victims.
She has started a foundation, No More Victims. Emotional scenes in this movie were portrayed very well. I highly recommend. My granddaughter introduced me to this movie. We watched it together and were moved by the dedication of Marlyn Gambrell and her associate.
Jami Gertz did a good job portraying Ms. Gambrell and acted the role with much conviction. Ernie Hudson was at his very best. 
He was, I think, more believable in her role than Jami Gertz was in hers. As a retired correctional counselor I often would have three generations of the same family on my caseload. Whenever I was asked by a visiting group on tour of the prison, as to what the answer was to lower the crime rate, my answer was the same as Marilyn Gambrell.
It must start with the children. Perhaps this movie will inspire more professionals to follow in her footsteps and begin similar programs thought the states. Fighting the odds was a very good movie, containing a great cast. Jamie Gertz did a phenomenal job, as well as Ernie Hudson and Sicily.
This movie is a must see for not only kids with the same situations as the kids in the movie, but younger kids as well as teens. I felt really liberated as I watched this movie, I felt as if I should reach out to kids with similar situations in my city. Lifetime does not show this movie enough, and they should.
Now that I've seen it, I'm going to get some kids at my school to watch it so they can maybe get some courage and see other kids going through what they are going through. So if you haven't seen it, now is the time to see it. It is inspirational, enjoyable, and for all to see. This movie makes you think about all the kids that don't have both natural parents at home and how they adjust.
The only part of this movie that disappointed me is that she never finds the young girl that started her quest to help children in need. Surely out there someway she could get the information that she needed to find her. I would like to say that this movie makes you wonder just how many kids do I know that are going through something like this in their own homes. Skerivet Daramola Defense Attorney.
Joyce Doolittle Judge. Andy Wolk. More like this. Storyline Edit. Did you know Edit. Trivia Andrea D'Amours's debut. Quotes Marilyn Gambrell : They have the power to persevere, and so do you. User reviews 13 Review. Featured review. This movie is good. Strong script and well acted. Must see especially if you liked Dangerous Minds. Marilyn Gambrell is an inspiration and strives to make a difference in the community she comes from.
Gambrell a former parole officer, and a former co worker, gets involved with the students from Smiley High School. Gambrell a white female, is seen as an outsider and has to earn the respect of the students. Dortmund mainz predictions Her main focus is on children of parent or parents whom are in jail. She is hoping to break the chain, so future children will not end up in prison.
She strives to show each child they are loved and no longer victims. She has started a foundation, No More Victims. Emotional scenes in this movie were portrayed very well. I highly recommend. FKrouse Aug 28, Top picks Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version.
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