Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, F Murray Abraham
Four decades ago, William Forrester won a Pulitzer Prize for his classic novel. That was the last time the world heard of him. Now a recluse in Manhattan, his passion for literature is awakened by Ja...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001
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June 6, 2009"In an ordinary place, he found the one person to make his life extraordinary."
An afro-american teen writing prodigy finds a mentor in a reclusive author.
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May 17, 2009I saw this for the second time today. I am a sucker for movies of self-discovery, and this movie fits that bill - for both Jamal and Forrester. Much of the movie is spent in Forrester's condo where the two of them become friends while writing stories. I enjoyed their performa...( read more)
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March 3, 2008you gotta yell out the title in a heavy sean connery accent:
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January 1, 2008Movie about two different people - a novelist recluse and a teenage basketball player.
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November 1, 2009Reminded me of Good Will Hunting the whole time and the suprise was quite good in the last episode. It was a great movie.
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September 18, 2009Racism and tension form part of this powerful and very human story told wonderfully by Gus Van Sant. Good.
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March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
December 22, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Movies about writers are notoriously hard to do, since writing by its nature is not cinematic. Finding Forrester evades that problem by giving us a man who wrote one good novel a long time ago, and no... full review
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April 29, 2007I absolutely love this movie. Jamal is an inspiration to me...and he's my husband. This is my favorite movie!
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