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Finding Forrester

2000

Gus Van Sant

Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin ...

6.7

18,579

Drama Finding Forrester is a drama about a unique relationship between William Forrester, an eccentric, reclusive novelist, and Jamal Wallace, a young, black, amazingly gifted scholar-athlete. After the novelist discovers that the young athlete is also an excellent writer and secretly takes him on as his protñ, they develop an unlikely friendship. As they learn more about each other, they learn more about themselves, and ultimately, with the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'Finding Forrester' speaks softly but carries a big surprise: Sean Connery shows fear (...) This is a magnificent performance, rapt, intuitive, and graced with humor and heart."	POS
United States	Wesley Morris SFGATE	"Sure, maybe Gus has gone Hollywood, but at least he's gone there sideways -- fully aware that a soul is a terrible thing to waste."	POS
United States	Paul Clinton CNN	"A rare find, one that high schoolers and their parents can enjoy."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] contains at least two insights into writing that are right on target (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"[It] is 100 percent bogus, from its high-concept characters whose resemblance to real human beings is distant at best, to the ''lessons'' it imparts on everything from courtship to writing."	NEG
United Kingdom	Caroline Westbrook Empire	"If Connery doesn't get an Oscar nomination for this one, then it'll be one of the biggest awards snubs of the year, for this is the best film he's done for ages (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"[It] displays numerous similarities to 'Good Will Hunting'. And, even though the film's overall trajectory is formulaic, Van Sant does a good job of holding our attention for the two-plus hour running length (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post	"[It] manages to take the cerebral act of literary creation and make it exciting, sexy even."	POS
United States	Emanuel Levy Variety	"When was the last time a Hollywood movie portrayed the acts of reading and writing in such a gratifying and fulfilling way"	POS

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