This movie shares many similarities with "Good Will Hunting"; let's face it: the same director (Gus Van Sant) and basically the same story, but instead of a problematic mathematical prodigy we have an apathetic literary prodigy, although not as apathetic when playing basketball, and instead of Robbie Williams as a mentor / psychologist , we have Sean Connery as an improbable mentor / writing teacher. At the end of the film, I think Van Sant even scorns the situation, as we have a brief appearance by Matt Damon (lead actor on "Good Will Hunting") only to report that Forrester died. This movie is also tedious and boring. A drama that fulfills the goals of inspirational film to some viewers, but in my cynical assessment it did not inspire me so much to the point of giving it more than 4/10.If you want to watch this bore be my guest, but on the same topic of "kids' school drama about growing up", you'll be a whole lot better served with "Dead Poets Society". That's my suggestion. Now that one is a true masterpiece.

I loved that movie. It is a wonderful and touching story about family, friendship and trust. How to find a new family when you've lost yours. In addition, I am not that into reading big novels written by authors having their portrait displayed on walls, but this movie gave me the desire to do so. I have been touched by the interpretation of the young actor Rob Brown. Sean Connery is great a usual. Very good alchemy between those two actors.

Because of scoring exceptionally high on a statewide standardized exam and being an exceptionally good basketball player Jamal Wallace is sent to a prestigious prep school in Manhattan. He soon befriends the reclusive writer, William Forrester. The friendship leads William to overcome his reclusiveness and for Jamal to overcome the racial prejudices and pursue his true dream - writing. Finding Forrester is a 2000 Drama starring Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin and Michael Pitt and the film was directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting). What i really liked about this film was the relationship between Jamal and William they had some sort of father and son relationship or whatever you wanna call it but both Brown and Connery are really great in this film and they have a pretty good chemistry plus i liked Abraham as Prof. Robert Crawford he was kinda of the main 'villain' of the Story because he didn't believe Jamal and he didn't believe that he would have a future besides Basketball of course Paquin is also really good. Overall i don't think that there's much more to say it was just a really good Drama with the main actors being really good in their roles and Gus Van Sant just knows how to direct a well made and well directed Drama plus Sean Connery is good in anything he stars.

Finding Forrester Film Review Kaitlyn Johnson In the movie Finding Forrester, Jamal Wallace grew up in place not everyone calls '"home". The neighborhood was run down and poor. Jamal was one of the smartest kids in his school according to his test scores and teachers. He got accepted into a private school and got offered a free ride to attend school there and play basketball. He had met an older man who never went outside and lived in an apartment. Where he also meets a girl that he gets to know very well and they end up spending a lot of time together.In my opinion, I feel like older teens and young adults would like this movie because there are more things in this movie that young adults and older teens would relate to. For example, when Jamal gets offered a free ride to attend the private school and to play basketball. Typically I feel that it would be harder for an older teen who is Jamal's age to move schools because he would have to leave all his friends who he grew up with and the life he knows. He would have to start all over which could be challenging. I also think older teens and young adults would like this movie because it involves Jamal meeting a girl who he has feelings for and they end up liking each other. They spend a lot of their time together and normally little kids don't really "date". Some archetypes I noticed in this film were rain, when Jamal was walking home one night it started pouring down rain. I also noticed the colors green and yellow a lot. Those colors were the colors of the basketball teams which can mean new life and sunshine. It was also around the fall or winter time because of how they dressed. Always wearing jackets, scarfs, etc. which can mean death. I noticed throughout the whole movie it was always kinda plain, there never was a bunch of color. I think the reason why the filmmakers those the archetypes that they did was because at the end of the movie when Forrester dies, he ends up giving Jamal all of his stuff which shows kindness because Forrester didn't have to do that. The archetype winter or fall can mean death which is how the movie ended.