The true story of a brilliant but politically radical debate team coach who uses the power of words to transform a group of underdog African-American college students into a historical powerhouse that took on the Harvard elite.
The Great Debaters has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of The Great Debaters (2007)
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By Gary Brown (224) for Houston Community Newspapers (245) on 31 Dec 2007
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The Great Debaters was released in 2007 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 634 reviews, giving The Great Debaters (2007) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 73%.
With a score of 74%, The Great Debaters is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2007, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2007 with similar scores include films like Hairspray, The Kite Runner and Reign Over Me.
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