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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 27 Jan 2007

While this film has a terrific story, and strong acting anchored by Swank's superb central performance, it's also a little slick and gimmicky…

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By Eric Lurio (584) for Greenwich Village Gazette (481) on 20 Jan 2007

It's a case of youthful enthusiasm vs. all sorts of cynicism and guess who wins…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 16 Jan 2007

An inspiring drama about an idealistic teacher who breaks down the walls separating her students from each other and enables them to celebrate…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 Jan 2007

LaGravenese (The Horse Whisperer) has a tendency to sanitize every scene, and when he hits the audience's emotional sweet spot and a few tears…

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By Thomas Delapa (487) for Boulder Weekly (487) on 15 Jan 2007

Gee whiz, if Swank taught in the typical American school, there'd be no child left behind. They'd all be polishing apples and asking for homework…

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By Linda Cook (1,442) for Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (1,206) on 14 Jan 2007

Considering that I thought this was going to be another badly written piece of January Junk, Freedom Writers is surprisingly entertaining…

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By Nick Rogers (786) for State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (137) on 12 Jan 2007

On its face, it looks like Dangerous Minds 2 without a Coolio song…

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By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Jan 2007

The old To Sir, With Love formula is a surefire winner…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 11 Jan 2007

If you've seen To Sir, With Love, Dead Poet's Society, The Corn is Green, or Stand and Deliver - to take a random sample - you've already seen…

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By Mark Palermo (504) for The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (715) on 11 Jan 2007

The right step taken by Freedom Writers, moving it from shameless sentiment to affecting drama, is writer-director Richard LaGravanese insistence…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 10 Jan 2007

Despite dubious credibility, it's an entertaining, if misandristic, movie…

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By Rob Nelson (320) for Village Voice (8,525) on 09 Jan 2007

Reaction shots of the class's befuddled white boy are played for cheap laughs, but writer-director Richard LaGravenese otherwise keeps it real…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for EURWeb (43) on 07 Jan 2007

Hilary Swank delivers as impressive a performance as her Oscar-winning outings in Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby…

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By Diana Saenger (322) for ReviewExpress.com (294) on 07 Jan 2007

Jumps out of it's formulamatic teacher changes lives theme more than once to present a pleasing and thought provoking film…

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By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Film Threat (5,156) on 06 Jan 2007

For my money, no movie comes close to capturing the high school experience like The Substitute…

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By Kim Voynar (107) for Cinematical (752) on 06 Jan 2007

Gruwell has done more meaningful work than any of the critics who will brush off her story as sentimental and predictable, and LaGravenese…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 06 Jan 2007

By emphasizing her dazzling, toothy smile and can-do cheerleading style, Hilary Swank makes her well-intentioned misfit utterly believable…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for www.susangranger.com (329) on 06 Jan 2007

Contrived yet inspirational - about transforming anger and apathy into creativity…

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By Tom Charity (192) for CNN.com (607) on 06 Jan 2007

Freedom Writers is another exceptional teacher scenario not so different from the norm…

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By Cathy Jakicic (111) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 05 Jan 2007

Freedom Writers manages to strike some fresh chords without playing its audience…

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