Sadly Over-hyped

Really Surprised!

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Because of scoring exceptionally high on a statewide standardized exam and being an exceptionally good basketball player Jamal Wallace is sent to a prestigious prep school in Manhattan. He soon befriends the reclusive writer, William Forrester. The friendship leads William to overcome his reclusiveness and for Jamal to overcome the racial prejudices and pursue his true dream - writing. Finding Forrester is a 2000 Drama starring Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin and Michael Pitt and the film was directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting). What i really liked about this film was the relationship between Jamal and William they had some sort of father and son relationship or whatever you wanna call it but both Brown and Connery are really great in this film and they have a pretty good chemistry plus i liked Abraham as Prof. Robert Crawford he was kinda of the main 'villain' of the Story because he didn't believe Jamal and he didn't believe that he would have a future besides Basketball of course Paquin is also really good. Overall i don't think that there's much more to say it was just a really good Drama with the main actors being really good in their roles and Gus Van Sant just knows how to direct a well made and well directed Drama plus Sean Connery is good in anything he stars.

Finding Forrester (2000) Jeffery Berdine Senior at Weatherford High SchoolThe story of Finding Forrester is about a teenage boy named Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) who in the eyes of others, is like any teenager from the Bronx. He has a talent for the written word, something that peaks the interest of a grumpy tenant, who Jamal meets after breaking into his apartment for a dare. Jamal soon visits the ill- natured older man, who turns out to be Mr. William Forrester (Sean Connery) a once famous author, now a recluse. Mr. Forrester helps Jamal write the way any good writer should, soon when Jamal goes to a new and better school for his test taking talents. After Jamal turns in one of the works of writing in, it causes a tear between him and Forrester, and his English teacher Mr. Crawford (F. Murray Abraham). The amazingness of the writing causes the teacher to doubt his credibility of the work, because of Jamal's background , soon causing the two, in a word into mortal enemies. A silver lining appears in the form of William Forrester, two lives are changed for eternity.Finding Forrester was a film I found that I really enjoyed, the bond between Jamal and Forrester was a good part of why I liked it. The unusual friendship caused me to be intrigued. This would possibly interest all types of people mature enough, for some of the language used, but possibly anyone.The four Archetypes I have seen the most are the Mentor, a Tower, the Hero, and unity. First the Mentor, which in this movie is Mr. William Forrester, helping Jamal with not just his writing, but his personal life as well. Jamal swaps roles with Forrester at near the end and becomes his mentor. Next the Tower is represented as Mr. Forrester's Apartment, an alone building, sitting by itself. Where Forrester chooses to be alone, to escape the rest of humanity. A Hero, but not an average hero, a hero that doesn't really conform to the archetype, but nevertheless brings Forrester into the light. Finally the one, Unity, again the lone apartment building, the one place the two continuously are in this film, the main area, or stage of the film. The one place they are drawn, the one place Jamal stays.Now, why the writers used these very archetypes is possibly for their simple story telling. The hero has a not great child hood, meets an older man who then becomes his mentor for they share a talent or same interest. Originally the mentor has kept himself locked away, but the hero rescues him in a way he can't believe, then the help each other maybe not at the same time, but they do. This one tower, becomes their place of congregation, and becomes a center stage for most of the story.With four archetypes you can create an entire world, and that's what happened and any story could possibly be as amazing as this one. I would recommend this to anyone to watch, as it is very heartwarming, and anything with Sean Connery, must be good.

Finding Forrester, written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus VanSant, is a drama filled film about a young African-American teenager who is from the very middle of the Bronks. Jamal Wallace, the teenage boy, played by Rob Brown, is not like most boys his age. Jamal has a talent, a talent that will surely change his life forever.When Jamal gets peer pressured into breaking into the creepy old man's window in the upstairs of the Bronks apartment building, something happens that he would have never expected. After losing his bag in the apartment in the wake of being spooked by the old man, he finds it in the street a day later, right below the window. Inside the bags he finds all of his writing graded so to speak. Jamal decides to go back to the apartment room and find out who it is, and after a little confrontation he is surprised to find out that the "creepy old man" is none other than the one and only William Forrester, played by Sean Connery. A few days later Jamal and his mother get called to the principal's office for a meeting only to find out that Jamal has been given the chance to go to a private school by the name of Mailor-Callow. Although he was skeptical, he takes the offer.Even though that it is not everything he was expecting, he still does not give up. With his new friend William Forrester helping him through it all, which to me makes him an archetypal hero, he starts doing great until a confrontation with Prof. Crawford or possibly a so called villain, played by F. Murray Abraham, leads to them finding out some interesting things out about one of Jamal's essays, things started to take a downfall. Worried that he might get kicked out, he had to find something to do. With no more options left, Forrester makes for a good surprise. The ending takes a turn that no one was expecting. It surely does not leave you hanging. This is the type of movie that you do not leave the theater mad about. Overall I would say this film is fit for many audiences. It has humor, drama, and even a little bit of action. In my opinion this movie would be a high four out of five stars.

Finding forrester is a solid 8/10 stars. Because no movie is perfect, even though this film comes close. The story begins with a kid rapping to set the scene in the greater bronx area. With a student/ protagonist named jamal. Jamal is a competition grade writer but refuses to show this to his mentors. Until his test scores come back and he is sent to a private school with a teacher that does not trust him. Jamal then sneaks into a flat to see the (window man). In which he Gets spotted and leaves his bag. He later received his bag back only to find all his journals with notes scattered throughout. this man in the window was william forrester we later find out. A man who wrote one of the greater novels of all time. Jamal then slowly starts to gain foresters trust to help him learn his true potential in writing. Where forrester keeps giving lessons and jamal gets greater and greater. So when he writes his big paper and steals the title of one of forrester's previous works, jamal finds himself about to be kicked out of the private school even though he wrote that paper. Even with that they don't let it go. the school later decides to make a deal with jamal saying if he helps them win state for basketball they will let it slide. To which he fails. Later on he quits basketball to focus on writing and many colleges are looking to give him scholarships. Overall i think you will like this movie if u are into with hero/ mentor movies along with writers. Or just about anyone. I would recommend this movie.