Freedom Writers (2007) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	January 5, 2007
On DVD:	April 17, 2007
Genre:	Drama
Director:	Richard LaGravenese
Writer:	Richard LaGravenese
Cast:	Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Mario
Studio:	Paramount Pictures
Official site:	freedomwriters.com
Running Time:	123 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for violent content, some thematic material and language

The project is based on "The Freedom Writer's Diaries: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them," written by high school teacher Erin Gruwell and her students.

In the inspiring book, Gruwell and her "unteachable, at-risk" students set out on a life-changing, eye-opening, spirit-raising odyssey against ignorance, misunderstanding, and the negative forces in their own lives.

Beginning with their study of "The Diary of Anne Frank" and the Holocaust,...

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Freedom Writers is a moved I scoffed at when I was in theaters. Despite decent reviews, the movie looked like countless other films before it, and thus I avoided it at all costs (well, in reality, I just didn't have time to go see it). Now out on DVD, I managed to get my hands on a copy, and I can say this: I was right, and I was wrong.

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