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DrumNFeather · 04-30-2007, 05:15 PM

Watched Freedom Writers over the weekend. I was surprised how much I liked it. I thought it would just be another Dangerous Minds type movie with a teacher who comes in and acts "cool" to get in good with the students and then motivates them to change...but that isn't the case at all. I would highly recommend this movie.

Frank Ryan · 04-30-2007, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DrumNFeather

Watched Freedom Writers over the weekend. I was surprised how much I liked it. I thought it would just be another Dangerous Minds type movie with a teacher who comes in and acts "cool" to get in good with the students and then motivates them to change...but that isn't the case at all. I would highly recommend this movie.

but I didn't. It is a legitimate feel good movie.

cougjunkie · 05-01-2007, 12:00 AM

It is also a true story i believe

cougjunkie · 08-18-2007, 05:33 AM

I finally saw this movie, i agree with Drum, it was a good movie, dragged on a little at the end but a solid movie, i was waiting for someone to die though and i was a bit disappointed it never happened.

I did a little more research and i just purchased the freedom writers diary from Amazon, the diary of the real kids that were portrayed in the movie.

RockyBalboa · 08-18-2007, 05:50 AM

I was also surprised by it when I watched it several months ago.

It was better than I thought it would be. Not great, but solid.

il Padrino Ute · 08-18-2007, 07:12 AM

Are there explosions in it?

If not, it can't be that good.

ERCougar · 07-21-2008, 06:03 PM

Just rented this on Netflix. I too liked it although Hillary Swank annoyed me as always. Much better than Dangerous Minds. The student actors were great--I even wonder if some of them were actors.

Archaea · 07-21-2008, 06:22 PM

It is a pleasant surprise, feel good type film.

RedHeadGal · 07-22-2008, 04:00 PM

I forgot I had wanted to see this movie. I need to get a copy. The teacher portrayed by Swank is the SIL of my best friend from high school, so that makes me practically famous. . .

04-30-2007, 05:15 PM	#1
DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	Freedom Writers Watched Freedom Writers over the weekend. I was surprised how much I liked it. I thought it would just be another Dangerous Minds type movie with a teacher who comes in and acts "cool" to get in good with the students and then motivates them to change...but that isn't the case at all. I would highly recommend this movie. __________________ "It's not like we played the school of the blind out there." - Brian Johnson.

05-01-2007, 12:00 AM	#3
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	It is also a true story i believe __________________ LINCECUM!

08-18-2007, 05:33 AM	#4
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	I finally saw this movie, i agree with Drum, it was a good movie, dragged on a little at the end but a solid movie, i was waiting for someone to die though and i was a bit disappointed it never happened. I did a little more research and i just purchased the freedom writers diary from Amazon, the diary of the real kids that were portrayed in the movie. __________________ LINCECUM!

08-18-2007, 05:50 AM	#5
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	I was also surprised by it when I watched it several months ago. It was better than I thought it would be. Not great, but solid. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

08-18-2007, 07:12 AM	#6
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Are there explosions in it? If not, it can't be that good. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

07-21-2008, 06:03 PM	#7
ERCougar Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1,589	Just rented this on Netflix. I too liked it although Hillary Swank annoyed me as always. Much better than Dangerous Minds. The student actors were great--I even wonder if some of them were actors.

07-21-2008, 06:22 PM	#8
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	It is a pleasant surprise, feel good type film. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

07-22-2008, 04:00 PM	#9
RedHeadGal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: DC Posts: 995	I forgot I had wanted to see this movie. I need to get a copy. The teacher portrayed by Swank is the SIL of my best friend from high school, so that makes me practically famous. . .