In Finding Forrester, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), a young African American high school student at the Bronx, is invited to join an exclusive private high school because of his high tests scores. One day, Jamal's basketball friends dare him to walk into “The Widow's” house. The Widow is actually William Forrester (Sean Connery), a well known author that is thought to be dead or missing. William Forrester lives as a recluse; when Jamal walks into William's house, William scares Jamal with a knife and Jamal runs off, leaving his backpack behind.
When Jamal returns to retrieve his backpack, he finds that all his pieces of writing were commented on. After Jamal's attempt to retrieve his backpack, Jamal goes and asks William if William could help improve his writing skills. William made a deal that if he helped Jamal with his writing, Jamal would keep William's identity a secret, never to take the writing that he does out of his house, and never ask anything about William's family.
Throughout this movie, Jamal and William get to know each other better and they become friends. At Jamal's new school, the exclusive private school, he is accused of plagiarism by his English teacher. The English teacher highly doubted that Jamal's piece of writing was really his and not plagiarized.
Overall, Finding Forrester is a great movie that interlace with the theme of friendship. The time Jamal spent with William made them trust each other to keep promises, such as Williams'.
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This was a terrific film about a young man who requests that a reclusive neighbor critiques his writings. Over the course of the film, a heartwarming relationship builds between the young man and the reclusive neighbor as the young man writes and struggles to compete in a private school.
ReplyDeleteA scene that I really liked was when William was riding his bike down the street because the camera angles were awesome and the background music blends well with the scene.
The best part that anyone can take from this movie is the intensity of the relationship between the characters. The acting in the movie is superb. For me, Finding Forrester is an under appreciated but wonderful movie.
for sure this is a great movie to watch especially when we want to talk about friendship. the role of the characters Jamal and William portrayed that what the friendship is. it is not only the relationship but also more than that.
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