Review of School Ties (1992) by Martha A — 08 Jul 2007

I finally get those family guy references. not bad.

This review of School Ties (1992) was written by Martha A on 08 Jul 2007.

School Ties has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of School Ties

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Denver N (8) on 14 Mar 2013

I so wanted this to be another ?Dead Poets Society…

Read Review

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Kaitlyn J (336) on 08 Jul 2014

Beautiful and not clichÃ©d. chock full of big name actors when they were just starting out…

Read Review

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Hung-Ya L (416) on 12 Aug 2014

I somehow remember this drama so clearly when I first watched it on HBO as a kid…

Read Review

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Bill S (2,971) on 20 Mar 2015

It doesn't break any new grounds and it delivers with a heavy hand, but School Ties has an excellent young cast of future Oscar winners and…

Read Review

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Jared A (308) on 07 Sep 2014

While School Ties offers plausible depictions of closeted anti-semitism at it's most revealing, it also fails in complex story-telling where…

Read Review

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Tracy F (421) on 28 Jan 2014

I had such a crush on Brendan Fraser. A sad story yet a story of perseverance. Loved it…

Read Review

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Joshua L (2,111) on 27 Oct 2011

This is a great setting for religious/ethnic persecution…

Read Review

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Zachary Y (404) on 27 May 2014

Pretty enjoyable, but had an element of cheesiness throughout the entire film…

Read Review

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Sam N (736) on 17 Sep 2012

While its message is valuable, Robert Mandel misuses a powerhouse of future talents on such a safe and unexceptional piece…

Read Review

Review of School Ties (1992)

By Danny D (678) on 15 Dec 2012

Brendan was GREAT! Unknown to others it was also the introduction to Matt Damon & Ben Affleck. Chris O'Donnell was pretty great himself…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Rocky IV (1985)

By Richard Schickel (546) for Time (1,811) on 02 Nov 1991

A scant hour and a half long, padded with clips from earlier Rocky pictures, adding nothing to his mythic, let alone human dimensions, it lacks…

Read Review

Review of Rocky II (1979)

By Danny C (398) on 12 Sep 2010

I didn't even finish watching this one…

Read Review

Review of Over the Top (1987)

By Ashley H (2,345) on 11 Aug 2015

Over the Top is a disappointing film. It is about Lincoln Hawk who is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash…

Read Review

Review of The Miracle of Bern (2003)

By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for european-films.net (103) on 28 Jul 2004

A powerful story that mixes football and patriotic sentiments in a melodramatic look at immediate post-war Germany…

Read Review

Review of Rocky V (1990)

By Aaronpaul121 (79) on 24 May 2012

Definitely the worst of all Rocky movies. The scenes were just bad and the acting is really weird…

Read Review

Review of The Front (1976)

By Lehho R (38) on 11 Mar 2010

Falling for mindgames and beliefs gets people in trouble. You can't fight others' battles for them…

Read Review

Review of When Saturday Comes (1996)

By James M (2,946) on 30 Jul 2010

Rocky with balls, Sheffield accents and Tennants Extra…

Read Review

Review of Rocky (1976)

By Brian R (1,372) on 29 Aug 2018

Cinema lovers all over have seen this great picture. About a down on his luck boxer who gets a shot by chance to fight the World's #1 boxer…

Read Review

Review of Gloomy Sunday (1999)

By Artur K (16) on 10 Mar 2009

I couldn't grasp the theme or for that matter even the message the director was trying to pass on…

Read Review

Review of Rocky III (1982)

By Steven1981 (209) on 21 Mar 2020

Rocky was a great film, Rocky II was by miles better than the original…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

No Hard Feelings

2023

65%90 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

School Ties

1992

67%381 Reviews

Joe Versus the Volcano

1990

54%527 Reviews

Cuban Fury

2014

58%202 Reviews

The Man Who Cried

2000

59%372 Reviews

Life

2017

60%1,310 Reviews

Pay It Forward

2000

68%643 Reviews

Men in Black II

2002

57%713 Reviews

Chaplin

1992

70%609 Reviews

Stripes

1981

70%593 Reviews

Charade

1963

82%578 Reviews