Forrester, where are you???!!!

Finding Forrester, was released December 19th, 2000. This movie stars Sean Connery, Rob Brown and Anna Paquin. This movie was directed by Gus Van Sant.

This movie is about a teenage boy named Jamal Wallace. Jamal is an extremely smart young man, though he hides this from his peers. One night, while taking part in usual shenanigans with his friends Jamal happens to meet a mysterious old man, who he befriends. After turning in some impressive test scores Jamal is offered a chance to attend a top private school. He accepts this request with the help of the mystery man. Jamal expresses himself through writing which is what brought him and the mystery man together. Throughout their time together Jamal learns from the mystery man and betters himself through their strange friendship. He also betters himself by meeting new people at his new school and expanding his knowledge and to add a twist to the plot. He discovers a author who has been in hiding for years.

Jamal's need to write the things that he can't say out loud to his peers reminds me of Tyler Hawkins in the film Remember Me. In the film, Tyler's brother commits suicide and Tyler wants a way to continue to share his life with his brother. He does this through going back to the last place they were together and writing to his brother. I saw the similarities between the writing aspects of these movies because both men were very intelligent and used writing to express the things they could not otherwise say.

In my opinion the soundtrack for "Finding Forrester" was very appropriate. It helped to develop the characters because the music that is played in certain situations that the characters go through helps to give you a feeling of what type of person they are.

To me, the theme in "Finding Forrester" was very easy to point out. I thought that the theme of this movie was express yourself openly for who you are. If you have a talent or something you are proud of, don't hide it because you are scared that you will be ridiculed for it. In my opinion the theme can be summed up in two quotes. " We must not only give what we have, we must give what we are." and "Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." Take from those quotes what you must, and see if they symbolize the theme in the film "Finding Forrester."