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Freedom Writers (2007)

Freedom Writers IMDB rating : 7.60/10

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Hilary Swank stars as a young teacher who inspires her at-risk students in this moving drama based on true events. Erin Gruwell (Swank) assigns her class an ambitious project: While studying works such as The Diary of Anne Frank, the kids keep journals about their troubled lives, applying history's ... (more)


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Starring (View all) :
Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank

Erin Gruwell
Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey

Scott Casey
Scott Glenn

Scott Glenn

Steve Gruwell
Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton

Margaret Campbell
April L. Hernandez

April L. Hernandez

Eva Benitez
Mario

Mario

Andre Bryant
Kristin Herrera

Kristin Herrera

Gloria Munez
Sergio Montalvo

Sergio Montalvo

Alejandro Santiago
Jason Finn

Jason Finn

Marcus
Deance Wyatt

Deance Wyatt

Jamal Hill
Vanetta Smith

Vanetta Smith

Brandy Ross
Hunter Parrish

Hunter Parrish

Ben Daniels


Written by (View all) :
Richard LaGravenese

Richard LaGravenese

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typical Hollywood

Posted : 11 months, 1 week ago at Sep 4 9:54
Erin Gruwell, a newly appointed English teacher (Hilary Swank), tries to educate her at-risk students. While I do agree that this film has been done 500 times before, this is one of those films that deserves to be seen. The actors playing the students were ...Read more

Rating : 6/10

I needed to know more

Posted : 1 year ago at Jul 24 13:19
My initial thoughts during the first act of this film we're exactly the same as our other reviewer here. Holy hell, how many times are they going to remake Dangerous Minds?? Although I did at this stage recognise Freedom Writers was displaying a lot more d...Read more

Rating : 6/10

ugh...

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Apr 13 23:13
not ANOTHER movie about a white teacher who teaches in an urban school and teaches the black kids how they could improve themselves. first of all, this film has been done 500 times before. second of all, the only white teachers you'll find in REAL LIFE u...Read more

Rating : 1/10