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Freedom Writers [Blu-ray] by Richard LaGravenese
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn Director: Richard LaGravenese Brand: Paramount DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 123 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-06-03 Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Freedom Writers [Blu-ray]Movie Review: Freedom Writers Summary: 5 StarsEveryone who teaches must watch this story of how this group of kids would have been forgotten if this teacher had not given them the chance they deserved.
Summary of Freedom Writers [Blu-ray]Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 03/20/2007 Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Pg13 Though the "inspirational teacher" theme may feel done to death, Freedom Writers succeeds because it emphasizes the students as much as the teacher. Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby, Boys Don't Cry) comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism, but quickly discovers that her unruly classroom isn't easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives--an assignment that the class bites into with relish, which eventually bonds them together and pushes racial rivalries aside. This plotline has been made before, sometimes well, sometimes poorly; Freedom Writers, by drawing heavily from the published journals of the students--and thanks to a (mostly) unheroic script, direction that emphasizes individual characters over stereotypes, and rigorous performances from the whole cast--makes the story seem fresh and genuine. Swank does solid work, but the standouts are April L. Hernandez as a girl whose gang wants her to lie and send an innocent boy to jail and Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) as a teacher who resents Gruwell's offbeat success. Also featuring Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy), Scott Glenn (The Right Stuff), and a plethora of strong young actors. --Bret Fetzer Beyond Freedom Writers  More Inspirational Teacher Films on DVD |  The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell |  More DVDs Starring Hilary Swank | Stills from Freedom Writers (click for larger image)
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