Gus Van Sant almost totally makes up the fact he made a terrible remake 2 years ago (Psycho) by going back to what he does best- drama. Like Good Will Hunting, this film has a young person who has a gift and is good at it, but needs the right direction from a teacher. That is pretty much it even though that's the main theme. While in the other film it dealt with a Boston math genius who gets help from a therapist, here in Finding Forrester, a Bronx writing genius gets help from a person who wrote one book and went into the dark.
This person is Forrester (played by Sean Connery in one of his more unbelievable roles) who is found, by accident of course, by a brilliant though pretty much unknown writer named Jamal (Rob Brown in a good breakthrough). They make a deal, and soon the two deal with not only some personal issues (like in Will Hunting), but also in social issues. It has it's most powerful moments with Connery and Brown as the pupil and mentor as they sometimes have there roles crossed. Not great, but I'm glad I got to take a peek at it. B+
This person is Forrester (played by Sean Connery in one of his more unbelievable roles) who is found, by accident of course, by a brilliant though pretty much unknown writer named Jamal (Rob Brown in a good breakthrough). They make a deal, and soon the two deal with not only some personal issues (like in Will Hunting), but also in social issues. It has it's most powerful moments with Connery and Brown as the pupil and mentor as they sometimes have there roles crossed. Not great, but I'm glad I got to take a peek at it. B+