Finding Forrester Analysis

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Evaluating ‘Finding Forrester’ Writing holds an almost mystical power. It changes those who wield it, and changes those around it. In “Finding Forrester” young Jamal Wallace uses this power to become the student of the reclusive William Forrester, a man so changed by the power of his writing he doesn’t even view himself as a human anymore, just the mystical author that wrote the amazing book “Avon Landing”. Their writing and the majesty behind it leads them to a level of trust and friendship that must withstand the force of each others frailties as well as the hammer blows of the world around them, and succeeds. “Finding Forrester” shows that geniuses don’t become geniuses by themselves, but only by allowing those close to them to uncover…show more content…
William Forrester believes himself perfectly fine until he is face to face with society, and has to overcome it. Sean Connery is an amazing actor and doesn’t fail us in ‘Finding Forrester’. He brings William Forrester to life as a man welling with energy despite his nuances. F. Murray Abraham plays the role of Professor Crawford, a bitter man everyday faced with his own failure, and one of the more shallow characters of the movie. The reason is how obvious his jealousy and racism are. As Michael O'Sullivan states in ‘The Washington Post’, “F. Murray Abraham's portrayal of an embittered, racist teacher and failed writer, envious of Jamal's talent and determined to destroy him, is way too obvious.” A Professor couldn’t make it if he was that bent on crushing his best students, its just unrealistic, the fact that he is so convinced Wallace is cheating without even having a real reason for suspicion besides Wallace is black is too cliché for the movie. Luckily some explanation is provided by Crawford’s background, by failing at being a writer his is automatically inclined to make others fail. Michael McLarney supports…show more content…
The central idea of this movie is the lessons learned by two geniuses. Through William’s help Jamal is able to discover the amazing writing talent he has, and through Jamal’s help William is able to discover the world that he only saw through his window for the past forty years. This move was able to bring this idea across clearly through its amazing characters. The characters of Jamal and William worked well together, and the metamorphosis that underwent both of them was clear. Jamal’s writing became amazingly good and William was able to see himself as an actual person rather then just an author. This effected him so much he not only went to Scotland, but left Jamal everything he owned, including his writing, the most precious thing to him. “Finding Forrester” did all of this realistically, without making the story hard to understand. Overall this is a very good movie that will leave you in wonder at the extent of a young boys talent, and at the same time have you guessing at the true feelings of William Forrester. I rate this movie an 8.5/10 for its clean plot flow, in depth characters, engaging story, and lack of clichés. If you already haven’t, I suggest you go see
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