The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
The First Grader has generally received positive reviews.
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The First Grader was released in 2010 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 117 reviews, giving The First Grader (2010) an average rating of 69%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The First Grader than critics were.
With a score of 69%, The First Grader is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2010, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2010 with similar scores include films like Unstoppable, Secretariat and A Better Tomorrow.
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