This film focuses on the true story of a man named Brad Cohen, who lives with Tourette’s syndrome. It starts off when Brad was just a child. He makes unusual sounds involuntarily. However, they drive other people crazy. His dad yells at him for it. And others penalize him, particularly at his school. 

He sees his doctor for it. and he discovers that he has Tourette’s Syndrome. But that still doesn’t make people understand him. 

After Brad starts middle school, his principal has him come on stage during the school concert after the orchestra’s performance. He asks him to explain his condition to everybody. From that point on, Brad is more understood. 

Years have passed, and Brad is now a young man, trying to get a job as a teacher. He has gone to several interviews but wasn’t accepted into any of them. His dad tries to get him to help him work in construction with him. But Brad refuses. 

At some point, he is lucky to get a position as a second-grade teacher at an elementary school. He develops bonds with some of the students. But he also has to deal with some difficult ones, such as this boy, Thomas, who was actually dismissed from the other classes. 

The main student Brad forms a bond with is this girl, Heather, who is sick with cancer. Another one is Amanda, who likes him as a teacher, but whose dad doesn’t approve of him due to his Tourette’s Syndrome noises.

Brad also meets a woman around his age named Nancy and falls in love with her. 

So far, his life is going more smoothly. Will it stay that way?

What I appreciate about this movie is that pretty much everything that happens also occurred in real life. In fact, the real Brad Cohen wanted everything to be as accurate as possible. 

I admired his bonds with Heather a lot, especially since she didn’t have a lot of time left. One thing, though, is that when Brad needed to do something, he had Heather hold the class rabbit, Waffle. In real life, no teacher should ever let a student hold the class pet, especially a second grader. But that is a very minor flaw.

I particularly felt sorry for Brad when he was a kid and got scolded for making the sounds. His dad would discipline him, and his teachers would send him to the principal’s office.

This is something that a lot of people with disabilities suffer through, sadly. But Brad learns to see it as something to help him rather than hurt him. I think that is a very important moral.

Overall, I enjoyed Front of the Class and would recommend it to everyone, especially those with Tourette’s and other disabilities, both neurological and physical.

I give this movie 5 out of 5 stars.