THE GREAT DEBATERS
THE GREAT DEBATERS#1
Posted: 6/7/08 at 4:36pm
I just finished watching it and I could not stand it. It was overwrought, boring, and TV-movie-of-the-week-esque.
Anyone else agree/disagree? It's sad that after such a stunning directorial debut with Anwone Fisher, Washington follows it up with this uninventive, boring, and slow melodrama.
re: THE GREAT DEBATERS#2
Posted: 6/7/08 at 4:38pmI vehemently disliked it. Felt like a Lifetime original movie. Poorly written, poorly acted.
re: THE GREAT DEBATERS#2
Posted: 6/7/08 at 4:40pm
Agreed. It was just insanely boring and ridiculous. I would have enjoyed it more if it wasn't so pretentious. It LOOKED like and tired to be a masterpiece and an epic. It was NOT. By any standards.
And Forest Whitaker was terribly miscast...and painfully bad.
re: THE GREAT DEBATERS#3
Posted: 6/7/08 at 4:47pmThe film's one saving grace was Jurnee Smollett, who at the very least, deserved a Golden Globe nomination. She was the only thing in the film that was worthy of any sort of four-star rating.
re: THE GREAT DEBATERS#4
Posted: 6/7/08 at 5:03pmI completely agree with those last two assessments, rOcKs.
re: THE GREAT DEBATERS#5
Posted: 7/18/08 at 2:05pm
I thought it was absolutely terrific.
Strong performances from all around, engaging, powerfully moving, a shade predictable, but I think that goes along with these kinds of movies...ie...OF COURSE The Hoosiers win, you know what I mean?
I think it's hindered by its clunky title, but I thought it was one of the best films of the year.
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