CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

Nonureva Really Surprised!

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

isaac 'Freedom writers' was a touching movie. It displays conflict , racism , violence and a lot of other dangers that happened in the early 1990s in Long beach. It presents how the riots extremely affected kids living in long beach. This film makes people aware how uneducated teens were , due to them being preoccupied with their safety. Its based on a true story, written by the real teacher who changed the lives of those kids. This film contains numerous morals and hidden messages , a lot to do with racism and gangs.However good the quality of the actual film is, is irrelevant , as its such an amazing, mesmerizing , sad, happy and controversial story on its own. Every actor in the movie was really believable ( apart from Imelda Stauton who played the school director ). All the young actors, playing the high school kids, did brilliant jobs , as well as the actor playing Erin( the main protagonist ). This film also managed to fit in some humorous scenes, as well as very emotional and violent scenes. This movie can completely change someones perspective on ethnic backgrounds and change a privileged persons general state of mind.

santiagocosme I recently read a book called "The Element" by Robinson, and he described how much your life changed once you found the one thing that really did it for you. In a way, Freedom Writers is similar: the story of a teacher who takes a class of uninterested teenage student in a disadvantaged neighborhood and is made to believe by her fellow teachers that no amount of effort is going to make them change their ways. However, behind her fragile looks stands a girl who is willing to sacrifice her personal life to get the best out of her students. While the movie didn't manage to hook me, it is easy to watch. Somehow, if I was to pick, I would rather watch…, a similar movie featuring Matthew Perry based on true events, that I found a lot more entertaining.

adirshimshon Couldn't find anything bad in the movie. Watched it several times and will watch it again for sure. it's perfect in my opinion! I have seen many movies with the same style; this is the best one. People are ignoring the fact that it's based on a true story, which means that nothing is made up in the movie. This plot, believe it or not, happened, and even made a big change to schools across the country after the events occurred in the movie. You'll adore the teacher for what she did for her students- she had to deal with many obstacles around her in order to give them a proper education they deserve. She actually sacrificed her life for them! Emotional, enjoyable and inspiring at the same time. This movie is a must! I would recommend it to everyone.

Ida Boeva I really thought this movie was great. The way the character development was shown, and how there were individual scenes outside of the classroom scenes that allow the viewer to understand the lives of the children better. I'm really happy that I got to watch it, inspired me to change myself and how I do things. I think what really caught my attention is the difference between Mrs. Gruwell and the other teachers. I strongly believe that what allowed her to succeed with inspiring those children to change is the fact that she was so fresh, and her mind had not yet been thrashed with all of these dark ideas of the world. Some might call her naive, but that naive factor in her nature is what, in my opinion, got her to succeed. She refused to believe that such children could not be brought to see the world in a different way. That was very inspirational, reminded me that my views should not be tainted by what other people say. Also, the way the students were portrayed was beautiful. The director managed to show how all of them believed in what she was saying, but some were scared to stand alone, some were too disappointed by life, and some just did not believe that she would be able to do something different than other teachers, and grown ups in general, in the students' lives.