This week’s movie review winner is …

What am I supposed to think when I hear about a movie titled “Finding Forrester?” It sounds pretty dumb to me. I must say, I could not believe that somebody could make a movie with a combination of basketball and Sean Connery, but I was still up to seeing him in this movie.
I mean, let’s be reasonable and look at the man’s resume. He was in movies like “The Rock,” “The Hunt For Red October,” “Entrapment,” you name it. Can you think of one that was not good? You HAVE to give at least three out of five stars for the moving just for having him in it. Let me point out that if you are looking for romance, blood, fighting or horror, you will not find it here. That’s right, Sean Connery in a new form.
At first, it sounded to me like a Good Will Hunting-wannabe. Coincidentally, you will see Matt Damon in both. There are a lot of similarities in “Good Will Hunting” and “Finding Forrester.” In both, you will see a young man with great talent that nobody knows about, that is, until he acquires a mentor who helps him out. In both you will see that the mentor was very smart and honored in their day, but for some unknown reason, he distances himself from the world in the present time. The big difference that “Finding Forrester” provides is that the mentor is the one who needs the help.
Jamal Wallace (Robert Brown), a star basketball player and writer, got a little too curious about a man “in the window” of an apartment building near the basketball courts. The man in the window, William Forrester (Sean Connery), is old, eerie and isolated. During an attempt to impress his friends, Jamal broke into the apartment, only to find out the real nature of the old man. There was a library of books that Jamal had seen and things that he really wanted to learn about. Thus, the start of a good relationship. Of course, it was not easy for Jamal to earn the respect of Forrester. After all, he did break into his home. Jamal has to impress Forrester with his writing skills in order to mend his wrong-doings. First there is Forrester, a Pulitzer Prize winner in his day, who is now very stubborn and has people going shopping for him so he doesn’t have to see the world. Then, there was Wallace, a star basketball player living in a very poor area trying to learn how to improve his writing skills. Their great teamwork is full of inspiration and emotion throughout the movie. Wallace shows an amazing talent for writing that gave him opportunities for being a student athlete at a prestigious private high school.
After seeing this movie, I gave it 4.5 out of five stars. This movie can teach everyone a lesson. It can give people all over the world hope. There are many messages and lessons in life taught to both the main characters, but they all relate to the audience watching it. The actors/actresses were great and I really liked this movie. I recommend you get out and watch it.