Higher Learning

Higher Learning

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Higher Learning

Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Michael Rapaport, Ice Cube, Jennifer Connelly

People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.

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  • April 15, 2009
    I like this film. I watched it as a kid and it made an impression on me. It's a flawed endeavour, but still an entertaining and thought-provoking film.
  • February 27, 2009
    John Singleton's ability to delve into multi-issues and stories creates a superb drama in the most unusual of settings - a university campus. Headed by a superb cast including Michael Rapport, Jennifer Connelly, Ice Cube, Omar Epps, and Kristy Swanson, Higher Learning visualises ...( read more)freshman's first step into the new world, and the many issues and lessons they have to deal and learn to make it. From racial, sexual, political and personal, this movie engages these issues in a maze of superb acting and lines, with credit going to Laurence Fishburne as the Political Science lecturer who steals his screen slots with his thoughtful, powerful and engaging presence and lessons. Ice Cube is also a standout, playing a ghetto student, obviously entrenched in the black stigmata and social status, but showing that he is also a refined and poltically savvy individual with heart and a will to learn and build his own ideals and apply it to the world around him.

    Watch this for a good insight into uni or college life and the many views from many sides - a movie which works to create understanding - and show that not everything that needs to be learnt is in a classroom.



    For those who are willing to open their eyes to understanding and objectivity - but as Fishburne states: this isn't about objectivity - you have to make a stand.

    Welcome to the real world.
  • January 27, 2009
    In this movie we learn everyone is an ignorant dick and Singleton will never make a better movie than Boyz N Tha Hood.
  • November 5, 2007
    This movie deals with all sorts of topics. Rape, Lesbianism, racism. The hatred shown made me uncomfortable at times.
  • October 6, 2007
    Fiercely brilliant...
  • December 18, 2009
    This is a movie about a group of students on a university that have to deal with their education, friendships, and racial tension. The movie has a solid cast. Many in their young acting career. The story is well done. Entertaining and thought provoking all at once. Well worth a w...( read more)atch.
  • November 7, 2009
    This movie follows the university life of several multicultural students. There is high tension on the campus because of racism and violence. Young girls get raped and racial fights occur very often. This movie shows how wrong things can get if such issues aren't worked through a...( read more)nd it basically tells you that every human being should have the basic human rights with no exeptions. I thought this movie was very good and it was great seeing these talented actors at such a young age.
  • September 29, 2009
    'Higher Learning" is Thought-Provoking, and realilisticly fresh.

    This film is packed with a great cats, and shocking statements, and powerful subjects, that "Singleton" makes work perfectly.

    "Four out of Four" Stars..
  • September 16, 2009
    Pretty darn good. Complex storyline.
  • September 15, 2009
    great film showing how certain aspects of college life influence decisions and actions.

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