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Summary: Finding Forrester
Review: The movie "Finding Forreseter" is about a young black boy named Jamal Wallace (played by Rob Brown) living in the Bronx of New York going to a poor high school. Through Jamal's testing they found that he has a brilliant mind and is being accepted to a top of the line high school. He has a special talent for writing. He meats a famous author named William Forrester (played by Sean Connery) he helps Jamal discover his writing talent. This movie is a very powerful and emotional peace. I enjoy it every time I see it. My only regret of the movie is that it is not a true story.
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Summary: A movie worth seeing!
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for Finding Forester 4 stars Finding Forester, A movie about a young boy living in the Bronx who is a prodigy when it comes to writing. Jamal Wallace(Rob Brown) is this young 16-year-old prodigy when it comes to writing. Not only is he a outstanding writer but an incredible athlete towards basketball. He shines right through his test scores and works his way into a private and very highly recognized school in New York. Once there he is faced with a challenge by his English teacher who thinks that he is not who everyone thinks he is. Jamal then meets a man called William Forrester (Sean Connery) a famous writer for only one printed book, who then became a hermit in the Bronx. Jamal seeks help from William Forrester through out his first year at school
I believe all stories based upon true encounters are interesting to me, but this one takes the cake for best movie based upon real facts. I thought Sean connnery was very good in this movie. Both him and first time movie making actor Rob brown put outstanding performances in this movie. This movie shows a great deal of prejudice in the American society today. Not only does it show prejudice but shows an athletic story and considering the point of the story of being just a writer and only writing, I didn't lose interest one bit. I was glued to the screen from the moment it started.
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Summary: Finding Forrester
Review: I really liked the movie. And I would recomend the movie to all my friends. Because the actors Rob Brown, Sean Coonery and the whole cast did a really good job in showing how people are in some places. I really admired how Jamal Wallece (Rob Brown) did his part in how he was discriminated because he was poor and black.I really liked it and I wouldn't chage a bit of it.Because it really capture the feeling of the people and how life really is. One of the massages that the film had was the meanig of friendship and it made me feel kind of sad sad because people have to live like that in a world that they do not feel good being in.This is a great movie and i would recomend it to everyone.
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Summary: How I found Finding Forrester
Review: I wouldn't recommed this film to my friends because they don't have a very wide span of interests but I do think this is a good movie for a parent or adult. I liked this film because it had a lot of truth about their relationships and their image. Jamal(Rob Brown)is a good student in tests but just passes in class. The famous writter William Forrester(Sean Connery)is a goraphobic and doesn't leave his house. Jamal is dared to go into his house and that is how they become friends. I think this is a good story about friendship and showing how friends and family can have a great impact on your life. I think that they did a wonderful job on casting and the new comer (Rob Brown)Jamal was a good choice.
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Summary: Finding Forrester
Review: This story is about a teenage boy named "Jamal Wallace" ,and about a man named "William Forrester".Jamal robbed William. What Jamal didnt know was he was robbing a famous writer who is agorophobic. Jamal left his back pack at his house that night he robbed him and came back to get it and William ordered him to write a 5,000 page essay on why he robbed him.Then after he wrote that essay they started talking and William helped Jamal in his english and Jamal was accepted to this very "smart" school . You have to watch to find out what happened to Jamal and William. I think this movie was excellent and i recomend this movie to every one.Its not a boring movie.Sean Connery playing William Forrester is telling Rob brown playing Jamal Wallace to try things, aim high , be all you can be. Although he is not telling him with words he is showing him the way .Rob Brown playing Jamal Wallace was his first movie to ever play in. I think "Jamal Wallace" was a great influance to "William Forrester" and the other way around because they both helped one another out in life.
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Summary: a great movie
Review: finding forrester is the movie of the year. It took my perants a while to get me to watch it but once I did I loved it. With a allstar cast of Sean Connery and some other people, this movie is one of the best Ive seen!
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE
Review: finally a movie that shows the truth about strong proud african american men and the racism of the white man who is jealous of our accomplishments.
kamal not only confronts and overcomes the oposition from his teacher but eventually saves shawn connery from himself.
men of color unite!
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Summary: A Writer's Nirvana
Review: As a published novelist, I was immediately drawn into this story. In FINDING FORRESTER I could identify with the two central characters' passion for writing, for telling a story, conveying a fresh point of view, recharging creative batteries. This beautiful film was like a taste of sweet nectar. The story is more than compelling. Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) is an inner city teenager living in the Bronx with a declared passion for basketball--a secret passion for writing. He makes mediocre grades in school so as not to call attention to his phenomenal writing ability. A boyish prank suddenly thrusts him into the life of William Forrester (Sean Connery), a disgruntled, bitter, reclusive author living in a shabby third-floor apartment. Forrester has published but one novel, half a century ago, a Pulitzer Prize winner. He recognizes Jamal's talent, becomes his mentor. The dialogue between the two characters as they discuss writing is powerful, mesmerizing. As the story unfolds, Jamal proves to be as much of a mentor for William Forrester as the aging author is to his teenage friend. The ending is tender, bittersweet. F. Murray Abraham is excellent as the snooty Professor Robert Crawford, the film's psuedo-intellectual antagonist, and director Gus Von Sant gives us a story more entertaining than "Good Will Hunting." FINDING FORRESTER is highly recommended.
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Summary: Finding Forrester - Truly inspirational!
Review: In "Finding Forrester" you can find no better story! Finding Forrester is just a wonderful, melodramatic tale that is told from the heart and is quite uplifting. Sean Connery gives a stunning performance as an agoraphobic man devastated by personal loss. Newcomer Rob Brown's performance as an extremely intelligent, but held back by his surroundings youth is nothing less than outstanding and Anna Paquin whose performance is right on with her usual high standards. The premise: MINOR SPOILER The main character played by Rob Brown is an extraordinarily intelligent sixteen year old living in the South Bronx. As a dare, he is challenged to sneak into "the man in the window's" home and bring something out. Connery scares him out of his home, causing him to leave behind his book bag with all of his stories in it. After critiquing all of his work, Connery drops his book bag down on the street for him to recover. What follows from this point is the development of an unlikely relationship between two people from entirely different worlds. As Connery's character mentors Brown's character in his writing and during the young mans transition from an inner city school to a private school and Brown's character helps to bring Forrester out of his agoraphobic shell. {ssintrepid}
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Summary: Mysterous Writer and Scholarship Boy
Review: Those who want high-pitched excitement would not like this story. Those who look for romantic love might also be disappointed. But those of us who prefer to be caught up in a quiet but insistent drama of two unlikely characters will find rewards aplenty. The veteran actor plays WITH the young actor to create a memorable story that touches on racism, snobbish academia, justice of various kinds, and dreams held by young and old. I cannot help thinking of J.D. Salinger as the writer. The best thing about the movie is that it bears repeating and repeating and repeating.
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