Finding Forrester
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Movie Reviews of Finding Forrester
Movie Review: Wonderful movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Finding Forrester is a movie about a young, talented, African-American teenager who becomes friends with the most unlikely person. His name is Jamal Wallace, and he is a student in a public school in the Bronx. He loves basketball with great passion, and plays with great skill. He has a secret passion though, which is writing. Forrester is a reclusive , rather old white man, who stays in his apartment permanently. He has shunned modern day society, and lives a life of reading and spying with his binoculars and camera.
Basketball provides the link between Jamal and Forrester. Eyeing the pickup games that Jamal and his friends play, Forrester becomes a mysterious figure in the teenager's eyes. They have heard strange stories about him, such as him murdering someone.
Jamal's friends dare him to sneak into this reclusive man's apartment. Surreptitiously breaking in at night, Jamal is startled by a scream and runs off, leaving his backpack.
If you want to learn how this unlikely friendship between them develops, I suggest you watch this movie. It's a very emotional movie, and a movie that inspires. It shows how one young black man's determination and talent brought success. I especially liked this movie because I like basketball, and reading. This movie has something that everyone can relate to. It's also a realistic movie, which is refreshing considering all the movies out. With an all-star cast (Sean Connery, Rob Brown, Anna Paquin) and a great storyline, this movie is sure to delight.
Movie Review: Wonderful movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Finding Forrester is a movie about a young, talented, African-American teenager who becomes friends with the most unlikely person. His name is Jamal Wallace, and he is a student in a public school in the Bronx. He loves basketball with great passion, and plays with great skill. He has a secret passion though, which is writing. Forrester is a reclusive , rather old white man, who stays in his apartment permanently. He has shunned modern day society, and lives a life of reading and spying with his binoculars and camera.
Basketball provides the link between Jamal and Forrester. Eyeing the pickup games that Jamal and his friends play, Forrester becomes a mysterious figure in the teenager's eyes. They have heard strange stories about him, such as him murdering someone.
Jamal's friends dare him to sneak into this reclusive man's apartment. Surreptitiously breaking in at night, Jamal is startled by a scream and runs off, leaving his backpack.
If you want to learn how this unlikely friendship between them develops, I suggest you watch this movie. It's a very emotional movie, and a movie that inspires. It shows how one young black man's determination and talent brought success. I especially liked this movie because I like basketball, and reading. This movie has something that everyone can relate to. It's also a realistic movie, which is refreshing considering all the movies out. With an all-star cast (Sean Connery, Rob Brown, Anna Paquin) and a great storyline, this movie is sure to delight.
Movie Review: Finding Forrester is a real find
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great film where an actor like Sean Connery can display what a great actor he really is. He earned his Best Supporting Oscar for the rough and somewhat burned out Chicago cop in The Untouchables, but it's the type of role he seemed destined to play and not unlike his true nature. In other words, it wasn't that big of a stretch for him although he was terrific in that film. In this film, he acts everything he is not and does so very convincingly. I was so surprised that this film didn't earn him a Best Actor nomination the year it was released.
Amazon's review here is dead on accurate and so are the many other reviews noted here as well. This is an extraordinary film that deserves a viewing by you. Rent it or buy it, but see it! You will not regret it. The story is very solid, the directoring is sure-footed and unobtrusive, and the acting, especially by both Connery and the unknown Rob Brown, is nothing less than first-rate. F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus, Star Trek: Insurrection) gives a delightful and memorable cameo in the film.
Movie Review: Finding Forrester
Summary: 5 Stars
I never get tired of watching this. Sean Connery is brilliant as a reclusive author. Rob Brown debuts as a high school student in the ghetto who is secretly a damn intelligent author in his own right. There's so much in this movie that's about writing and so much that isn't. Many themes I don't feel like spoiling, and you can find another review if you want plot spoilers. The writing is sharp, the language is clever, the characters are brilliantly portrayed, the dialogue is witty and observant, and the plot is surprisingly enjoyable to watch. F. Murray Abraham shines as a teacher I prefer not to emulate, and perhaps he got many of the best lines. This DVD is just perfect. Go get it.
Oh, and let me talk about piracy. I bought my copy from Amazon. Region One only. China's Region Six. If I find a DVD player in China that will play only Region Six DVDs, then I've just been encouraged by the DVD people in the USA to buy a pirated DVD in China because that's the only way to watch the DVD here. In other words, this regional protection scheme encourages piracy. I hate that. As a retired software pirate who helped bankrupt the Commodore computer company, let me say that protection schemes never work because criminals can always get around them. They only inconvenience law-abiding citizens, which is what I'm trying to be now.
Movie Review: "The first rule of writing is to write."
Summary: 5 Stars
I can never say enough good things about "teacher" movies. Dead Poets Society, Stand and Deliver, Hoosiers, etc. are all fantastic at what they do. But Finding Forrester took such a different direction that even I ran short on good things to say. To have the real teacher be the bad guy, and to have the students (both old and young) save the day in such a non-formulaic manner...THAT'S the essence of good film.On top of it all, this film has it's educational qualities, too. Dead Poets didn't teach you anything superbly literary, nor did Stand and Deliver teach you calculus. This film, however, is a classroom unto itself. While Forrester does not go into massive detail, there is enough here to teach with. The movie goes a long way in showing that writing is not a gift, but a practised art. One does not pop out good words in a moment, nor can everyone write successfully (by this I mean something people OTHER than your mother will read). You don't become good overnight, and you're a damn fool to think so (eh, Prof. Crawford?) Finally, this film shows the most important aspect of its art, which other teacher films have not always hit as well as they hoped: If you want to go somewhere with your talent, just get out there and go, no matter how difficult the journey may actually be.