Review of Won't Back Down (2012) by Girl-Melody L — 04 Aug 2014
I'm somewhere in the middle on this one. On one hand, this is a really interesting commentary on America's public school system. On the other hand, it got super anti-union and I felt like I needed to watch a documentary on the public school system in order to understand it.
With the whole anti-union thing, I felt like it only showed the negative sides, and only mentioned the positives a few times, when it could have really opened up a debate about how unions are necessary, but policies should be looked over you know? This was also entirely too long.
They easily could have shaved a half hour, possibly more off of this. Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis are good in this however. They're both concerned mothers who want what's best for their kid.
There are some heart warming moments, but the big picture of the whole thing was just a little too big for this movie.
This review of Won't Back Down (2012) was written by Girl-Melody L on 04 Aug 2014.
Won't Back Down has generally received mixed reviews.
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