FREEDOM WRITERS BASED ON THE BOOK "THE FREEDOM WRITERS DIARY, HOW A TEACHER AND 150 TEENS USED WRITING TO CHANGE THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD AROUND THEM", STARS HILARY SWANK AS ERIN GRUWELL, A TEACHER WHO IN THE FALL OF 1994 DECIDED TO BECOME A TEACHER.
AFTER EXPERIENCING THE LA RIOTS, GRUWELL DECIDES TO TEACH IN THE SO CALLED "INNER CITY". SHE ARRIVES AT WILSON HIGH SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH CA, WHICH ONLY RECENTLY HAD TO START ACCEPTING DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS.
THOUGHOUT THE FILM, AND ITS 123 MINUTES WE LEARN HOW GRUWELL TRIES TO EDUCATE THE DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, WHOSE EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, NORMALLY WOULD HAVE CEASED.
WE DISCOVER HOW SHE USES VARIOUS ELEMENTS THAT SHE HAS GATHERED THOUGH HER MANY DIFFERENT JOBS, AND THINGS THAT SHE LIKES TO TEACH THE STUDENTS.
WHEN SHE STARTS HER JOURNAL PROJECT, AND WHEN THE STUDENTS START TO OPEN UP, WE FINALLY GET THE REASON FOR THE TITLE.
THE MOVIE "FREEDOM WRITERS" IS NOT VERY GOOD. I HAVE SEEN THIS STORY BEFORE, AND AFTER THE EVENTS OF 9-11, THE LA RIOTS OF 1992 SEEM TO BE ANCIENT HISTORY. HILARY SWANK PLAYED THE PART OF ERIN GRUWELL DECENTLY, BUT ONE CAN SEE THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF MOVIE THAT REALLY DID NOT HAVE TO BE MADE.
PATRICK DEMPSEY WAS A WASTE AS HER HUSBAMD. SCOTT GLENN, AS THE FATHER WAS A DECENT CHARACTER. THE ONE WHO STOLED THE MOVIE WAS IMELDA STAUNTON, WHO PLAYED A COMPETING FACULTY MEMBER.
IF YOU LIKE MOVIES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. I RECOMEND DANGEROUS MINDS, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT IS A MUCH BETTER FILM. ALL IN ALL I GIVE "FREEDOM WRITERS" 2 STARS, BECAUSE AT 123 MINUTES IT WAS WAY TO LONG DRAWN OUT, AND THE STORY WAS IRRELEVANT.
