**Finding Forrester Movie Review **

Finding Forrester, starring Rob Brown and Sean Connery is a movie written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. This Columbia Pictures film opened in December of 2000 in 200 theaters around the world, it marketed a worldwide total of $80,049,764.

Finding Forrester is a movie about a black American teenager by the name of Jamal Wallace who is a very talented writer and basketball player. He is invited to attend a private school and happens to befriend a famous writer William Forrester after breaking into his house as a challenge from one of his friends. Jamal and William begin to grow a strong bond as William helps Jamal with his writing skills, however after Jamal passes in one of his papers her wrote with William disaster strikes.

Some films that you may be familiar with also directed by Guss Van Sant include Milk staring Sean Penn and Josh Brolin, Elephant staring Alex Frost, Good Will Hunting written by Ben Afflect and starring Matt Damon and Robin Williams and Last Days a fictionalized account of the last days of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.

The acting in this film was very well played, I thought everything from the clothes they wore to the way they pronounced their words was fantastic and realistic.

The theme of the film is family as far as I am concerned, I think what Guss Van Sant is trying to get across is that just because someone isn't blood it doesn't mean they aren't family. Family can be anyone that is close to your heart, as long as they mean a lot to you and you care about them they are considered family.

The ending to this movie is shocking and will leave you speechless. I suggest that you see this movie right away, if you've already seen it then see it again because I feel that this movie has a very valuable lesson to be learned. This movie not only expresses equality between races but it also encourages you to not give up on your dreams.