The Great Debaters (2007) - Movie Reviews - Page 32 of 32

621-634 of 634 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 24 Dec 2007

A highly engaging, entertaining, occasionally thought-provoking, and even sometimes emotionally moving and touching offering that proves following…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 24 Dec 2007

Washington as a filmmaker works in big, unsubtle moves, but this is a sizable story in the never-ending racial struggle so we'll let it slide…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Sean O'connell (919) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 24 Dec 2007

The phrase inspired by may buy a filmmaker creative leeway, but it's at the cost of credibility with an audience…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Dustin Putman (2,479) for TheFilmFile.com (2,314) on 24 Dec 2007

When The Great Debaters ends, expect to be uplifted despite the inherent schmaltz…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 24 Dec 2007

These students, the movie tells us, went on to become major figures in the civil-rights movement - and seeing how they got there is an illuminating…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 24 Dec 2007

Ultimately, the film does work as an inspirational tale even if it requires way too much effort and patience on the viewer's part before it…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Jeanne Aufmuth (581) for Palo Alto Weekly (965) on 23 Dec 2007

Turns out Denzel Washington makes magic on both sides of the camera…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Pete Hammond (936) for Maxim (189) on 21 Dec 2007

An absolute triumph for Denzel Washington. Here is a movie that can make a difference. What more can you ask from a film…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 20 Dec 2007

A perfectly respectable drama, made from the Inspiring Sports Movie template…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Gene Seymour (406) for Newsday (2,345) on 20 Dec 2007

Now that it's possible to get stories about thoughtful African-Americans on the big screen, is it too much to ask that the stories be more…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 17 Dec 2007

In the stacked-deck world of Robert Eisele's script, this team has an uncanny ability to grab the hindsight-friendly side of every issue…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

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

An inspiring and well-acted film about an extraordinary African-American debating team in the 1930s with the talent and determination to excel…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 13 Dec 2007

Washington punches every emotional and thematic point in Eisele's script, which undermines the raw power of the story…

Read Review

Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Victoria Alexander (762) for Movie Reviews in Croatian (186) on 11 Dec 2007

I had no idea that college debating was so boring. You will agree with me…

Read Review

Page 32 of 32

More reviews of this movie:

Jurnee Smollett - Top 5 movies:

Denzel Washington - Top 5 movies:

Forest Whitaker - Top 5 movies:

Movies you might like:

The Last King of Scotland

2006

78%862 Reviews

Crash

2005

75%144 Reviews

Princesses

2005

72%94 Reviews

Mississippi Burning

1988

79%610 Reviews

Exodus

1960

68%102 Reviews

A Time to Kill

1996

74%673 Reviews

Brubaker

1980

68%121 Reviews

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

1968

57%1 Review

Ray

2004

79%711 Reviews

Frida

2002

73%643 Reviews

Malcolm X

1992

79%657 Reviews

Blood Diamond

2006

78%921 Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

The Batman

2022

75%430 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

The Equalizer

2014

69%994 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Great Debaters

2007

74%634 Reviews

That Old Dream That Moves

2001

64%1 Review

Gracie's Choice

2004

77%67 Reviews

1776

1972

76%298 Reviews

Something New

1920

65%467 Reviews

Beatriz at Dinner

2017

58%368 Reviews

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed

2004

48%663 Reviews

Wolf Creek

2005

57%698 Reviews

The Call

2013

63%714 Reviews

Humjoli

1970

57%2 Reviews