Awesome Movie

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This movie shares many similarities with "Good Will Hunting"; let's face it: the same director (Gus Van Sant) and basically the same story, but instead of a problematic mathematical prodigy we have an apathetic literary prodigy, although not as apathetic when playing basketball, and instead of Robbie Williams as a mentor / psychologist , we have Sean Connery as an improbable mentor / writing teacher. At the end of the film, I think Van Sant even scorns the situation, as we have a brief appearance by Matt Damon (lead actor on "Good Will Hunting") only to report that Forrester died. This movie is also tedious and boring. A drama that fulfills the goals of inspirational film to some viewers, but in my cynical assessment it did not inspire me so much to the point of giving it more than 4/10.If you want to watch this bore be my guest, but on the same topic of "kids' school drama about growing up", you'll be a whole lot better served with "Dead Poets Society". That's my suggestion. Now that one is a true masterpiece.

Continuing my plan to watch every Sean Connery movie in order, I come to the penultimate movie in his filmography Finding Forrester (2000)Plot In A Paragraph: A young writing protégé (Rob Brown), finds help with a reclusive author (Connery) The last REALLY good movie Connery made. It's a wonderful performance that was surprisingly snubbed come awards season. Rob Brown gives a really good performance, even more so when you consider it was his debut. F Murray Abraham is his usual great self!! Perfectly annoying!! Matt Damon pops up in a cameo as a lawyer too.It has a few pacing issues, a few unnecessary scenes and it's quite poorly lit at times too!! But those are minor gripes, and I for one love this movie. It would make my Top 100 of the decade. This is the movie I wished Connery ended his filmography on. But like with Clint Eastwood, he went one more after a great movie. Although Eastwood's last movie was not the disaster that Connery's was. Finding Forrester grossed $51 million st the domestic box office, to end 2000 as the 50th highest grossing movie of the year.

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

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.