Director: Gus van Sant
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 136
minutes
Year:
2000
Starring: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Michael Pitt,
Busta Rhymes, Richard Easton Michael Nouri, April Grace, Glenn Fitzgerald
Description: A young
writing prodigy (Rob Brown) finds a mentor in a reclusive author (Sean Connery)
I WATCHED THIS MOVIE FOR MY 2021 MOVIE CHALLENGE.
WEEK 35: A MOVIE WITH YELLOW POSTER ART
Review: Gus van Sant is know for his movie “Good Will Hunting”, a film that
turned out to be a huge success in 1997. “Finding Forrester is perhaps less
well known that “Good Will Hunting”, but definitely at least as good.
Jamal Wallace is black
teenager who lives in the Bronx. Although he’s just getting by in school his
test scores tell differently. Because he is much smarter and talented then he
shows everyone. Jamal gets the opportunity to go to a private school, with a
scholarship, since he is also a good basketball player. The professors think
that Jamal only got in to the prestigious school because he plays basketball. In
the meantime, Jamal befriends an elderly man, author William Forrester who has
been living in isolation for years. William helps Jamal with his writing and
discovers that he is a very gifted writer.
Sean Connery and Rob Brown
really work well together. They are each other’s opposites and therefore learn
a lot from each other. Jamal is an optimist, he is curious and opinionated,
while William is stern and pessimistic. Not to mention the difference in age.
The story is very inspiring
and I love the friendship that grows between the two, who you would never pair
up together if you see them passing by on the street. It’s a touching story and
it’s sad that “Finding Forrester” is such an overlooked film.
Rating: 4,5/
5
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