Based on the 2013 Wired article, "A Radical Way of Unleashing a Generation of Geniuses" by Joshua Davis, it stars Eugenio Derbez in the lead role.

Given the run-down facilities and lack of educational resources such as computers, the majority of the instructors have little motivation to teach and focus mainly on getting their classes to pass government-mandated standardized tests that do nothing to inspire actual learning.

[3][4] The film was released in the United States on November 3, 2023, and made $2.7 million from 419 theaters that opening weekend, finishing in fifth place with a "very strong" per-venue average of $6,516.

The website's consensus reads: "Offering few surprises but plenty of uplift, Radical tells a stirring fact-based story brought to life by some top-flight work from Eugenio Derbez.

[8] The Hollywood Reporter's David Rooney wrote that "director Christopher Zalla adheres to the subgenre's conventions and doesn't stint on sentimentality, but Radical more than earns its surging emotional payoff".

[9] Johnny Oleksinski, reviewing the film in the New York Post calls Radical "a Spanish-language gem about a real teacher's impact on a poor Mexican border town".

[10] In her review for the New York Times, Natalia Winkelman wrote that Radical is "a sentimental drama that is based on a true story but boxes neatly into familiar packaging.