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| Release Date: |
January 5, 2007 |
| On DVD: |
April 17, 2007 |
| Genre: |
Drama |
| Running Time: |
123 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: |
Rated PG-13 for violent content, some thematic material and language. |
| Director: |
Richard LaGravenese |
| Writer: |
Richard LaGravenese |
| Cast: |
Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Mario |
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, Read more
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Movie Review
Grade: B+
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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Freedom Writers, by Evelyn
July 2, 2007
I throughly enjoyed this movie, I cried, I laughed. It did show society the way it is , now what is too be done about it? Her husband leaves her for doing something she believes in , this is so typical. I have no faith in the public administration system either just push them through. No one wants to take the time to care anymore, teaching in many public schools has become just a job.
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