Sometimes a movie is so literate so positive and
May 10th, 2008
Sometimes a movie is so literate, so positive and reveals such an intriguing piece of history that its like a two-hour classroom session. A movie about ideas thats a bit too timid to actually be about them. Buy Great Debaters dvd Instead of exploiting this cruel reality, Washingtons camera records both scenes of joy and scenes of tragedy with equal composure, never milking for effect. The acting is great and care is taken to develop these characters into people we can root for. Its ultimately less a movie than a high-gloss civics lesson. At the end of the film, we learn that many world-changing ideas originated in the Washington characters classrooms, so there are obviously great stories to tell. If only somebody could figure out how to tell them.