Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

glenn-20964 This movie, Finding Forrester, just speaks to me. I have watched it over and over. Tremendous acting and the story is wonderful. I bought this for a friend who had surgery to pick them up.

martinguggiaric It is a story between a old writer, William and a young talent writer, Jamal. The young man broke into the old man's apartment, then they meet each other. When he enters in a private school with his great basketball skills and writing skills, he finds the old man is one of the great writers. Jamal visits William's home and they start writing together every night. They share their story, too. William tell Jamal do not bring anything he wrote out of the apartment the professor helps Jamal improve a lot and tests him, Jamal shows some of his articles which he wrote in the apartment to his school and gets in trouble. Jamal thought it's William's fault because he didn't tell him. so they fought. Finally, William comes to an important meeting and helps Jamal explain Jamal 'COPIED' other articles because he promise do not tell anybody they write together every night. At that time William merely gave Jamal the first paragraph and let him keep writing. In the end both of them recognize that they are the family they are looking for

aimeelevesque Finding Forrester, starring Sean Connery and Rob Brow, tells the tale of a simple kid from the Bronx getting his second chance at a new school. On a dare from his friends he finds a new mentor that he hopes will help him to be an amazing writer one day. Little did he know that this new mentor of his was a man in hiding. When Jamal Wallace gets to his new school he instantly makes a new friend that will be the only one to believe him when his teacher accuses him of cheating because his writing is just too good. After a slip up at the big game Jamal's mentor has to make the choice of whether his reputation or his friend is more important to him. This movie is about a writer's journey that I feel many book lovers or aspiring writers would enjoy watching. With not too many edge of the seat moments is allows you to sit back and watch all the small details that Gus Van Sant throws your way. Towards the beginning of the movie, Jamal and his friends are playing basketball when they catch the mysterious window man watching them. Because it is so common for them to see him and no one actually has ever met him before Jamal's friends decided to dare him to go into the window mans house. Thus the initiation of when the two main characters will meet and the journey will start. The next archetype that we see is the window man's tower. Since no one knows who the strange man is and why he is there we conclude that he is living in isolation. The only person we know that visits him is the guy driving the BMW that takes the window man his groceries. Later on in the movie we find that the window man chooses to be in isolation. When Jamal Wallace goes to visit the new school he is considering to go to you will notice that the color green is in almost every frame. When he is standing outside of the school the school's flag is a green color which leads you to think that their school color is green. Also when Jamal goes to the office to talk to the consular the walls are green. The color green is an Archetype for a new life or a new beginning. Which Jamal is getting with this new school. Not only will this school help him with his writing but they want him to play basketball for them in hopes that he will not only help them win but it will help him get a scholarship for college. Towards the end of the movie the basketball team is at the championship games and Jamal must score the last two points in order for the team to win. This is the task that the hero must complete in order to win for his school and save himself. But because Jamal is under so much pressure from his teacher accusing him of cheating, and him not being able to clear his name because he can't spoil the window man's secret, the task proves to be too difficult for Jamal. Therefore the window man is forced to come to crossroad. He has to decided if saving his friend Jamal is more important than keeping who he is a secret for the rest of his life. These Archetypes that Mike Rich chose to put into the movie aren't always noticeable to all but it helps to give direction. The classic archetypes give the movie the plot but the small ones give it details that allow the watcher to know where the movie is heading without giving away too many details

kaitlynjohnson Finding Forrester Film Review Kaitlyn Johnson In the movie Finding Forrester, Jamal Wallace grew up in place not everyone calls '"home". The neighborhood was run down and poor. Jamal was one of the smartest kids in his school according to his test scores and teachers. He got accepted into a private school and got offered a free ride to attend school there and play basketball. He had met an older man who never went outside and lived in an apartment. Where he also meets a girl that he gets to know very well and they end up spending a lot of time together.In my opinion, I feel like older teens and young adults would like this movie because there are more things in this movie that young adults and older teens would relate to. For example, when Jamal gets offered a free ride to attend the private school and to play basketball. Typically I feel that it would be harder for an older teen who is Jamal's age to move schools because he would have to leave all his friends who he grew up with and the life he knows. He would have to start all over which could be challenging. I also think older teens and young adults would like this movie because it involves Jamal meeting a girl who he has feelings for and they end up liking each other. They spend a lot of their time together and normally little kids don't really "date". Some archetypes I noticed in this film were rain, when Jamal was walking home one night it started pouring down rain. I also noticed the colors green and yellow a lot. Those colors were the colors of the basketball teams which can mean new life and sunshine. It was also around the fall or winter time because of how they dressed. Always wearing jackets, scarfs, etc. which can mean death. I noticed throughout the whole movie it was always kinda plain, there never was a bunch of color. I think the reason why the filmmakers those the archetypes that they did was because at the end of the movie when Forrester dies, he ends up giving Jamal all of his stuff which shows kindness because Forrester didn't have to do that. The archetype winter or fall can mean death which is how the movie ended.