Freedom Writers Reviews and Ratings


  • palauanstyle07
    November 27, 2009
    palauanstyle07
    This movei true story nd very good......fumas could be change!!!!!!!!!!
  • QuietRebel33
    November 11, 2009
    QuietRebel33
    powerful! great acting by swank. the emotion was great and the acting by the young cast was terrific.
  • casagrande
    November 8, 2009
    casagrande
    Excelente! Uma história real sobre educação entre alunos da periferia e a difícil tarefa do professor que se importa com os alunos.

    Drama com um desfecho surpreende e uma aula de sociologia, tolerância e respeito.
  • cheenpink
    November 1, 2009
    cheenpink
    it's a true to life story...better watch it.. to be more inspired on the things that u want to do....
  • HateYouIgnorant
    October 31, 2009
    HateYouIgnorant
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • daydr3am3r
    October 31, 2009
    daydr3am3r
    i absolutely love this movie...i can't believe that has actually happened...amazing...a lesson of life from an unusual teacher
  • hanmartin
    October 25, 2009
    hanmartin
    Sure, why not?
    But I think they draw this thing with feeling sorry for everyone in this film a little too far. But sometimes it works.
  • dukeakasmudge
    October 23, 2009
    dukeakasmudge
    If nothings good on TV or your bored then watch this movie
  • FFcloud
    October 22, 2009
    FFcloud
    This movie tells a lot. It's very touching. I personally loved it. And I recommend it.
  • sethcaddell
    October 14, 2009
    sethcaddell
    Great movie with lots of depth. Worth the time to watch
  • FiLmCrAzY
    October 11, 2009
    FiLmCrAzY
    i love this movie, one of my favourite movies really compelling and interested and a really heartwarming movie that doesnt disappoint!
    i love the storyline as it hows the american ids in a hard american life live and its just beautifully written and fantastic acting by hilary sw...( read more)ank and the rest o the cast!
    hilary swank plas a teacher who gets a classs of undergraduates who are just left by th other teachers as they feel they wont succeed and will just be societies rejects but hilary takes them on and tries her hardest to i them over which she eventuly succeed in doing, but se has a hard time teaching thm and isnt as easya she may of thought throug going through s split up and death and a bunch of teachers who don support what shes doing its testing time!
    this movie is powerfull compelling and sad just brilliant throughout i love it completely worth a watch!
  • Kbear111
    October 2, 2009
    Kbear111
    Sad,funny,best movie
  • johnmitchell77
    September 30, 2009
    johnmitchell77
    Hilary Swank's performance, together with those of the supporting cast, are both well-judged and strong, making for a very affecting drama.
  • XxColinxX
    September 28, 2009
    XxColinxX
    although this movie looks pretty well done and covers some real life topics its not my cup of tea to im not intrested
  • BestEvaGal
    September 26, 2009
    BestEvaGal
    One class that changes the world by writing their stories & trying to improve their lives.
  • anaxandra
    September 26, 2009
    anaxandra
    Again, yet another movie that was way better then I thought it would be.
  • nit
    September 25, 2009
    nit
    Great movie. Everyone was cast perfectly(Mario&Hunter Parrish!!). I have no clue what to say about this movie...just watch it.
  • Xakleja
    September 23, 2009
    Xakleja
    Good, deep, a message
  • EbertsLittleApprentice
    September 21, 2009
    EbertsLittleApprentice
    A Re-make that Tradgicly Undid "Dangerous Minds, Lean On Me, and Take The Lead" A Major Flaw by this Director.
  • jusnipaul
    September 21, 2009
    jusnipaul
    you must see the movie.........
  • cuvferguson
    September 18, 2009
    cuvferguson
    exceelant movie another true story
  • MarcosFog
    September 18, 2009
    MarcosFog
    Me gusto. Inteligente, con momentos conmovedores. Simple y directa, la pelicula te llega. Otra gran interpretacion de Hilary Swank.
  • mackenzieekwere
    September 14, 2009
    mackenzieekwere
    so much drama, I love it
  • hopeenb
    September 14, 2009
    hopeenb
    good one. interesting, true and very dramatic
  • dsoul
    September 13, 2009
    dsoul
    This movie looks like every other movie you have seen about a teacher making a difference and turning things around for her students.... but watching it, I was surprised that I actually got into it. This is a heart warming tale that had me shed a tear... and be surprised that I d...( read more)id. Definitely lifted my spirits and had me look at things with more of positive outlook. Having accomplished what many movies can't, it still fell short. For me it was the many narrations from the different class members, it works fine when I just hear their voices but when I start seeing them say what they write and then have fading collages cross over their faces it just felt too staged. That had me lose the illusion that this was real and made it harder for me to get back into it. Still, it gave me hope in humanity... and that counts for alot these days when you've seen the same type of movie a few times before.
  • toenailep
    September 13, 2009
    toenailep
    An actual GOOD movie we had to watch in English
  • christka19
    September 10, 2009
    christka19
    I was kinda dissapointed in this movie, it was still good just not as good as i thought it was gonna be.
  • sungoddess757
    September 10, 2009
    sungoddess757
    I showed this movie in class while studying Nonfiction! The students loved it!
  • miksirrom26
    September 8, 2009
    miksirrom26
    this is a very good movie
  • ObsessiveOne
    September 7, 2009
    ObsessiveOne
    Very inspiring and emotional movie. Glad I got to see it b/c it was really good.
  • makkom
    September 5, 2009
    makkom
    really moved and wonderful story.
    but somehow,something "real" is missing ????

    maybe it is because,that story itself is classical and it missis something new and sensational.
  • jesca92
    September 4, 2009
    jesca92
    I loved the message in this movie. really great!
  • esharvey0469
    September 3, 2009
    esharvey0469
    My teacher is having us watch this in class and I saw have the movie and want to go buy the movie.....I believe anyone with kids should let them see it....The movie tells them that it's ok to go to school and learn you don't have to be a dummy cause you are in a gang, race or cau...( read more)se you are poor....The teacher show them that she was there for them and not cause it's her job......
  • antwanjjones
    August 27, 2009
    antwanjjones
    wow what a story, so very true as well something for every and each generation of people,people of racial ethnic backgrounds very moving, touching plus the movie really makes ya think about the educational system past, present and future educational is the key to all things ...( read more)my hat's off to the many teachers who go day in and day out for the students to give them the best the world' has to offer and i must say what a great cast
  • ristrawn
    August 26, 2009
    ristrawn
    inspiring about how dedication & love can help students improve... a fave Hilary Swank was fantastic...
  • nursyazzwani
    August 26, 2009
    nursyazzwani
    The movie tells us to not to look down at people that are involved in "The Gang".
  • trennadanielle
    August 25, 2009
    trennadanielle
    Great moving, touching
  • vychongww
    August 22, 2009
    vychongww
    really touching... and Hilary Swank is a really great teacher!
  • popcornbabes
    August 20, 2009
    popcornbabes
    i'm a freedom writer too..i'm a freedom fighter...
  • edithbg1
    August 20, 2009
    edithbg1
    MUY INTERESANTE Y PS BUENA PARA UN FIN DE SEMA DE WUEVA
  • binky013
    August 17, 2009
    binky013
    Wow . . .

    So, she has FOUR sections of English . . . Ah, so what happened to the other three? . . .

    But I really do digress. Hollywood, you know how it goes.

    It's always a conundrum for me, keeping in mind that a particular movie is "based on true events." While I'm w

    ...( read more)atching one of these, I always have to double-check my reaction sequence while moving through the Hollywood-ed write-up of the "true."

    This one . . . I don't even know quite where to start -- so, I'll start here:

    The-inspiring-teacher movie is a genre that has a long and deep history, and this I do know:

    Unless you've actually faced a classroom of students, it might be hard to calibrate your BS detector for stories like this. Fortunately however, for better or for worse, most of us have actually been students in a class taught by some kind of teacher, so there is a pretty good residual BS detection inbred in all of us former and/or current students, in all of us who've ever been taught by the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful.

    No movie I've seen in the-inspiring-teacher category has ever put me through such an emotional roller-coaster. I couldn't help but wonder about Hollywood storytelling vs. lived experience throughout this very well-played, highly emotional movie.

    In the end, despite any qualms I might have as a former teacher thinking about the real world of lived experience in the classroom, I still do have an enormous reservoir of optimism about what can be accomplished in the classroom to help everyone, regardless of their circumstances, come to a better place.

    No matter how you might feel about the scripting at times, everybody please keep in mind that this is actually a sketch of a true, real-life story. I have to admit that I shed many tears all the way through.

    If this isn't the best inspiring-teacher movie ever made, it's definitely right up there. A must-see if you still do believe that the world can always be a better place.

    As an aside: Poor Imelda Staunton. At this rate she will surely become a victim of type-casting.
  • nowheredream
    August 17, 2009
    nowheredream
    touching. motivating. beautiful. not an original concept, but a real story.
  • mmysteriousjn
    August 13, 2009
    mmysteriousjn
    the best story ever hapenned
  • GuhKnobKwi
    August 13, 2009
    GuhKnobKwi
    What is there not to like about an uplifting movie that's based on a true story?
  • aiculrose
    August 13, 2009
    aiculrose
    watch and you,ll luv it.
  • ardhivirgi
    August 10, 2009
    ardhivirgi
    The story I'm lovin it.....
    to have a teacher like in this film... it's so a bless...
    and the surprise is true story.... WOW the teacher it's real.... so unbelievable
    unfortunately why she must divorce???? the stupid husband hahahaha