Our Friend, Martin
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Movie Reviews of Our Friend, Martin
Movie Review: Eh, Mediocre
Summary: 2 Stars
Although this movie had a couple deep and emotional moments, the hokey nature of the rest of it bled all over that. The characters were horrible: the kids came off as somewhat mentally handicapped, with the exception of maybe the Mexican girl, whom on a side-note looks as if she's 21, not a sixth grader. The obese kid and the blond skateboarder had no redeeming qualities to them whatsoever on the account of their ignorance and sheer stupidity. Because of this, the most disturbing points in the movie didn't deal with the mistreating of the African Americans, it was more as a result of the skateboarder's slow, sluggish manner of speaking and the obese kid's being topless at the March In Washington. And the running gag with the bad bus driver: first off it was inconsistent; second off: it's scary to show kids that a school district would allow a bus driver who can't stay on the road keep his job driving children to school. The celebrity voices only left me playing a game of 'yeah, that voice sounds familiar,' which I guess was a good distraction from the before-mentioned disturbing aspects of the film. In a closing synopsis: 'Our Friend Martin' does somewhat achieve it's goal of delivering the historic aspects of the story, but it falls short on the account of poor writing decisions and being dumbed down for children; and believe me, their minds need to be as sharpened as they could be nowadays.Movie Review: Our Friend Martin
Summary: 1 Stars
My school district professional library had this in VHS form. The classrooms are moving toward Smart Boards and I didn't have the equipment to play it. We had to move to the library where they had a duel machine. My first graders LOVED this movie. We also happened to be studying Fantasy and Fact that week. I would recommend this movie to anyone teaching about the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. King for K-12.Movie Review: yuck
Summary: 1 Stars
I've been forced to watch this film every year for the past five years at school. This movie is probably the stupidest thing to ever grace the Earth. If you are going to teach kids about the civil rights movement than do it right, show them a documentary or a realistic film. This movie is a real joke and the characters suck.