The film has been criticized because it's another example of "a 'Great White Savior' going into a 'Ghetto School' to save the kids" (a la Michelle Pfeifer and a number of other films of that sort). There is an element of truth to that argument about the film. Against this I would argue that it's been said there are only seven story-lines anyway and all we're doing is telling them in different ways anyway. Sure it's not "high art," but equally it's a decently acted film that can act as mental candy floss for a couple of hours on a Friday or Saturday night and that's what most people want from a movie most of the time anyway.
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I went to see "Freedom Writers" today.
The film has been criticized because it's another example of "a 'Great White Savior' going into a 'Ghetto School' to save the kids" (a la Michelle Pfeifer and a number of other films of that sort). There is an element of truth to that argument about the film. Against this I would argue that it's been said there are only seven story-lines anyway and all we're doing is telling them in different ways anyway. Sure it's not "high art," but equally it's a decently acted film that can act as mental candy floss for a couple of hours on a Friday or Saturday night and that's what most people want from a movie most of the time anyway.
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