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Hilary Swank stars in this story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed - a voice. Swank plays Erin Gruwell, the real-life teacher at Long Beach's Wilson High who inspired her students to overcome the gangs that divided them and the education system that forgot them. Based on the book The Freedom Writers Diary and supported by a cast of first-time actors who drew from their actual experiences on the street, Gruwell teaches us all an important lesson about tolerance and trust.
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Screen Format: Color
Language: English
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Lew Irwin

Freedom Writers turns out to be a rather unlikely winner among the January throwaways. Starring Hilary Swank in the role of Erin Gruwell, a real-life teacher whose classroom is made up of minority students, the film has what Manohla Dargis in the New York Times describes as "a strong emotional tug and smartly laid foundation." Eleanor Ringel Gillespie in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution remarks that "it infuses new energy into a timeworn formula." Several critics have high praise for Swank's performance. Swank, writes Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun, "has the gift of emotional transparency. No one's better at playing characters who arrive onscreen nearly blank and get shaped by experiences that unfold before our eyes." And Kevin Crust in the Los Angeles Times comments: "There is a raw, guileless quality to Swank that shreds any hint of condescension or exploitation." "Hilary Swank gives a powerhouse performance," writes Michael Wilmington in the Chicago Tribune. But several critics aren't buying any of that. Bruce Westbrook in the Houston Chronicle writes: "Swank's film feels less like a strange truth than Hollywood fiction. That's not because we can't buy a California English teacher broadening her students' worldview from gang warfare to a grasp of history and the grace of humanity. It's because this film fails to earn what Gruwell earned in real life: credibility."

Reviewed by: rickmoviesonline on 11/14/2007 11:45:10 AM
Excellent.It gives you hope for inner city kids and determined teachers.
Lew Irwin

Freedom Writers turns out to be a rather unlikely winner among the January throwaways. Starring Hilary Swank in the role of Erin Gruwell, a real-life teacher whose classroom is made up of minority students, the film has what Manohla Dargis in the New York Times describes as "a strong emotional tug and smartly laid foundation." Eleanor Ringel Gillespie in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution remarks that "it infuses new energy into a timeworn formula." Several critics have high praise for Swank's performance. Swank, writes Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun, "has the gift of emotional transparency. No one's better at playing characters who arrive onscreen nearly blank and get shaped by experiences that unfold before our eyes." And Kevin Crust in the Los Angeles Times comments: "There is a raw, guileless quality to Swank that shreds any hint of condescension or exploitation." "Hilary Swank gives a powerhouse performance," writes Michael Wilmington in the Chicago Tribune. But several critics aren't buying any of that. Bruce Westbrook in the Houston Chronicle writes: "Swank's film feels less like a strange truth than Hollywood fiction. That's not because we can't buy a California English teacher broadening her students' worldview from gang warfare to a grasp of history and the grace of humanity. It's because this film fails to earn what Gruwell earned in real life: credibility."
Reviewed by: rickmoviesonline on 11/14/2007 11:45:10 AM
Excellent.It gives you hope for inner city kids and determined teachers.
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Reviewed by: rickmoviesonline on 11/14/2007 11:45:10 AM
Reviewed by: remotecontrol on 7/18/2007 6:44:14 PM
At first I didn't think I was going to look like, but at the end it delivered and I was movied. If you liked "Dangerous Minds" you'll really like this. It doesn't copy, it has it'w own way!
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