bubsy-3 Review of Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers (2007)

A realistic portrayal of today's inner city students

[10/10 · 29 April 2008]

As a social worker in NYC who works primarily with teenage gang members, I was able to relate strongly to this film. I found the high school students very realistic. In fact, each and every one of them could be compared to a student that I currently am counseling or have counseled in the past. Many directors of this "type" of film tend to feel that they need to have melodramatic music in the film. I applaud Mr. LaGravanisse for his use of hip hop/rap to break the tension. However, the scenes depicting the strained relationship between the teacher and her husband could have been deleted since they were really unnecessary. Despite that, this is a wonderful movie, in fact, one of my favorite movies of all time. A solid 10.