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we've seen it before. a new teacher overly excited about her job and ability to impact the lives of young people has her hopes shattered by a group of inner city kids. various obstacles arise along the way while she refuses to give up on them. her determination and effort in the end are rewarded as her hopes are revived and turned into reality. 'freedom writers' has that familiar plot which it transforms into a predictable yet emotional ride.
inspired by the true story, 'freedom writers' stars hilary swank as the ambitious erin gruwell. walking through the hallways and peeking into classrooms of the school she is filled with nothing but excitement on her first day. she's ready to teach and make a difference in the lives of her students. that changes though once a fight breaks out in her very first class. this wake up call warns erin that teaching may be a lot tougher than she thought. the days pass and difficulty increases but she just sucks it up and hopes it will all get better soon. it doesn't though and erin is now at her breaking point. just when succeeding with the kids appears to be impossible an idea comes to her. the result of that idea is greater than anything she could have dreamed of.
at the start swank overplays the optimistic gruwell. she makes her just a little too good to be true and more comical than perky. that quickly fades as time passes. swank eventually loses the laughs and gains respect as she fits the role like a glove by emulating strength and kindness.
the film itself follows the same pattern. only the pattern isn't entirely consistent. it's similar to when you travel down a neighborhood road. as you drive you experience a smooth ride. then all of a sudden it happens, you hit a speed bump. the heartfelt and touching occurrences in the film are like the speed bumps. and just like speed bumps, they last for but a short time and are easily forgettable.
all of those instances are like that except for one. no words can describe the scene where april lee hernandez's character, eva, explains her hate for white people during class, bringing gruwell to tears. it unquestionably gets an a as it takes the title of the best scene in the film. the final scene is supposed to provoke almost the same intensity, but doesn't because of it's predictability. instead of being a speed bump it's an unwelcome dip in the road.
all in all 'freedom writers' is okay. its nicely written and swank is really good. the instability of its overall flow though does take away a tremendous amount of it's momentum. so while it does have its moments i'll choose 'dangerous minds' over it any day.
- originally written on january 6, 2007
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