Review of The Great Debaters (2007) by Jonathan J — 12 Mar 2009
Very good movie, but what do you expect? It's Denzel! Not to mention he's paired up with Forest Whitaker, you can't go wrong with those two phenomenal talents. However, Forest wasn't used enough despite his character having so much power behind it.
His son on the other hand gave a very respectable performance; good genes. I wondered why they looked so similar lol. Oh Jurnee Smollett, I remember when you were lil Denise on "Full House".
She's really grown up into a beautiful woman and pretty solid actress. The knock on this was how it "played it safe", but Denzel's direction made it okay in my opinion because there was just the right amount of tension without making it leave the family genre.
If you like true story films this is a good watch.
This review of The Great Debaters (2007) was written by Jonathan J on 12 Mar 2009.
The Great Debaters has generally received positive reviews.
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