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Freedom Writers
2007
· Movie
· 123 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1124
- IMDb #895
- Google retired #135
- Rotten Tomatoes #1797
- Metacritic #1735
- Letterboxd #1112
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2812
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #859
- Metacritic Critics #2058
- Metacritic Audience #1258
- Criticker #1751
- Douban #271
- Kinopoisk #216
- AlloCiné #668
- Trakt #130
Every rating
49–96
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 49, highest is Google on 96. Critics average 66, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An idealistic first-year teacher volunteers to teach a class of at-risk students deemed hopeless. The racially divided teenagers are initially hostile and uninterested. She uses unconventional methods and assigns them to write about their own lives, helping them to break down barriers and find hope for their futures.
Details
- Director
- Richard LaGravenese
- Writer
- Richard LaGravenese
- Based on
- The Freedom Writers Diary by Erin Gruwell
- Studio
- Double Feature Films, Jersey Films, Kernos
- Released
- 5 January 2007
- Country
- Germany, United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $21.0M
- Box office
- $43.1M
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Cast
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Awards
2 wins & 1 nomination total
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