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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Richard LaGravenese (screenplay)
Freedom Writers (book) ...
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Release Date:
5 January 2007 (USA) more
Tagline:
our story. our words. more
Plot:
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school. | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(20 articles)
'Amelia,' Hilary Swank: Finding a movie role to fit the face
(From EW.com - The Movie Critics. 30 October 2009, 3:38 PM, PDT)
Hillary Swank to Be Honored at Hollywood Film Festival
(From MovieWeb. 13 October 2009, 11:12 AM, PDT)
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Don't listen to the naysayers more (188 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Hilary Swank | ... | Erin Gruwell |
 | Patrick Dempsey | ... | Scott Casey |
 | Scott Glenn | ... | Steve Gruwell |
 | Imelda Staunton | ... | Margaret Campbell |
 | April L. Hernandez | ... | Eva Benitez (as April Lee Hernandez) |
 | Mario | ... | Andre Bryant |
 | Kristin Herrera | ... | Gloria Munez |
 | Jaclyn Ngan | ... | Sindy |
| Sergio Montalvo | ... | Alejandro Santiago |
| Jason Finn | ... | Marcus |
 | Deance Wyatt | ... | Jamal Hill |
 | Vanetta Smith | ... | Brandy Ross |
| Gabriel Chavarria | ... | Tito |
| Hunter Parrish | ... | Ben Daniels |
| Antonio García | ... | Miguel |
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violent content, some thematic material and language.
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Runtime:
123 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG-13 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Germany:12 | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-11 | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M | South Korea:15
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This is the second time that Hilary Swank and Patrick Dempsey have been together in a film; the first was for Iron-Jawed Angels. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene where the students are reading The Diary of Anne Frank, one of the girls is reading a sentence, and then flips 3-5 pages instead of one. more
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Summer In The City more
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I read the message boards before seeing the movie and wasn't really that excited to go see it. Yes, the general storyline has been done before...
I'm a male teenager and this movie made me cry. I can't remember the last time a movie made me cry... in fact, I don't think I have (teary-eyed doesn't count). Freedom Writers moved me.
It was so much better than I expected. All I can say is that it is definitely worth at least a matinée viewing.
The movie reminded me that all of America isn't like white middle-class suburbia, of which I am a part. Regardless of how many times the same movie has been done before, the white middle-class can use as many reminders as possible that education is not that easy to obtain everywhere. Even in America, opportunity is not equal, and I think it's important for people to see that.
Don't judge the movie without seeing it.