Film Analysis : Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester a film with Sean Connery, Rob Brown about a 16-year-old African-American male, Jamal Wallace his a great basketball player and he loves reading books and writing about the books. Jamal Wallace is creative, strong-willed.

The movie Forrest Gump played by Tom Hank is a story about Forest Gump a simple man and his journey through life. Gump was simple minded and lived his life by a set of values taught to him by his mother (Sally Field). While Forest sat down waiting for a bus, he tells his story. Forest takes part in several defining historical moments such as the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal and also had painful experiences. Despite his setbacks and naive nature, he struggles and triumphs in everything he did. Forrest developed a good self-esteem and self-concept with the help of his mother’s observation, love, and sincerity. With his mother and Jenny’s encouragements, he was able to overcome his physical handicap and become an outstanding runner among other things. This movie is an example of the how a child’s mind developed through series of stages. This paper shows the following key points; intellectual disability, Erickson’s intimacy vs isolation, low self-esteem, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

In the movie Finding Forester there is many concepts throughout the movie. The Concept that stuck at the most is opportunity. The reason why is because, Jamal a teenager who didn’t have his father with him and wasn’t in a good neighborhood. Had a talent that only few possess in the world. He started out reading at a young age because his father abandoned the family. By reading and writing he knew that it would make him a better person. Would make him make smarter decisions than his father did when they left the family.

In the motion picture Finding Forrester, the principle character's name is Jamal Wallace. Jamal Wallace goes to a secondary school where various individuals believe he's nothing than only a dark kid who plays ball. Matter of truth he is a virtuoso in his own psyche, and skilled at both b-ball, writing, and composing. All through the motion picture no one appears to see his real nature on the grounds that various individuals are always attempting to force him down in light of the fact that they simply surmise that he is only a dark startling kid who lives in the city and is just great at ball. There are three individuals in the film that have a tendency to cut Jamal down.

To be open-minded is being open to new cultures and to be accepting of your own. Finding Forrester is a movie about a writer that has been missing for many years. Jamal, who is a basketball player and writer goes up and finds him. They develop a friendship, and Forrester mentors him with his writing.

Since Forrester gained a new sense of courage from his friendship with Jamal, it enables him to go to professor Crawfords classroom and to stand up for Jamal. Jamal is accused of plagiarizing a paper that he wrote for Crawford's class, but the catch behind is that the beginning of the paper is actually Forrester's work. This accusation on Jamal creates a new conflict not only for Jamal, but also for Forrester. Jamals conflict is to either break his promise with Forrester or risk being accused of cheating. For Forrester, his obstacle is to either overcome his fear or let Jamal suffer from his mistake. Forrester builds up his courage and goes to read one of Jamal's writings to the class, and prove that he did not actually plagiarize. Since Forrester secluded himself from all of society because of his self guilt, it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go out into an unfamiliar place, especially to a classroom with a professor who attempted to tear him down by criticizing Forrester.Movielocity (2000) stated, “It comes down to a moment of truth for both men; for Jamal, a choice between following his dream or betraying a friend, and for Forrester, a decision to remain closed off or to look at the world through new eyes” (p.3). Here, movielocity is saying that because this conflict occurred, it gave both of the men another conflict within themselves. For Forrester, it was to either remain secluded or to see the world through new eyes and to help his friend. Since Forrester gained confidence from Jamal, it helped him to make the right decision with his inner conflict and go to Crawfords classroom and see the world through fresh eyes. Jamal also portrays courage when he transfers to a new private school. Jamals previous school is a normal public school while this new private school is prestigious. Since this is a big change in atmosphere, courage plays a key role in helping Jamal make the transfer from one school to

　　Jamal Wallace is used as a stereotype of the typical black boy in the Bronx who attends low level school and has more interest in the court as a basketball player rather in his text books. No one thought of him capable of doing anything other than playing basketball, and he uses that fact to hide his intelligence behind an academic grade of C average. He just did not want his

Jamal Wallis at the start is a student attending a normal normal high school and is also decent at basketball. While Jamal openly doesn’t like school he is smart and a good writer. Things take a turn for the better after he accidentally leaves his pack after a bet but Forrester drops it to him with his edited writings. Jamal also starts attending a better school due to very good test scores. He starts to befriend Forrester and slowly Jamal becomes his student. Jamal's writing is too good however and his teacher thinks he isn’t the writer. He then turns in something referencing Forrester which Forrester said never to do. Jamal then must win states so that he can keep attending but, he purposely misses two easy shots. Forrester then comes into his class and states his friendship with Jamal and Jamal is dismissed from charges and

Finding Forrester is a story about Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) finding himself through his writing. In the beginning of this movie, Jamal is shown playing basketball with his friends, and his mother is told that he has very high test scores. However, he only has a C average, but he receives an offer from the preparatory school Mailor-Callow. As he attends this school, he excels in school and basketball, and he is able to embrace his talent as a writer with the help of William Forrester (Sean Connery). Finding Forrester is a typical example of a movie lacking in plot lines that is both predictable and cliché, however; the backgrounds in this movie represented the change from hopelessness to hopefulness of William and Jamal.

After a few days, Jamalreceives his bag when the mysterest man throws it onto the basketball court, he digs through his bag noticing his journals have corrections. Later on, Jamal goes to the stalker’s apartment to ask him about the corrections and after that moment, the stalker, William Forrester, and Jamal begin to be good friends. As the characters of Finding Forrester come upon challenges and new environments, their life is transformed for the better.

Why is caring so important? In the movie Finding Forrester, the story begins with Jamal and his friends as they wonder why a figure they refer to as “The Window,” watches them when they play basketball. Jamal’s friends dare him to sneak into The Window’s apartment. He has to prove to his friends that he followed through on the dare by taking something from the apartment. The following day, Jamal realizes that he does not have his backpack. Later on, Jamal’s bag is thrown from the window of the apartment he broke into. He finds his books had been written all over, as if The Window had edited his work. Soon, he builds a relationship with The Window. As he starts attending a new school, Jamal realizes that he needs help with his writings. There

Finding Forrester expresses the heart aches found within the process of change. In Finding Forrester, the idea of transformation is prominent as Jamal Williams, a high school student discovers a missing author. This author, William Forrester transforms from a secretive, lonely introvert to an openly happy man as his relationship with Jamal develops. Jamal transforms throughout the movie as he transfers school and increases his writing abilities with the help of Forrester. Both main characters solve their problems with the help of each other when making decisions. The movie focuses on the alterations and changes that take place through the dependency upon other supporting characters. From the movie, Finding Forrester teaches us that during challenging and unfamiliar life choices, a person can transform by making the decision to escape their

If there has ever been a production created in the world of film that is masterfully created to tell a tale of perseverance and overcoming obstacles, an individual will find that story in “Finding Forrester”. This expertly produced film is set to appease all audiences of various ages. Anyone in this world who has ever had an obstacle to face, or has ever starred in the face or discrimination will find this story relatable. It plays on the heart strings and puts into perspective the difficulties our youth face. This movie also causes one to question their own courage. Ultimately evoking you to ponder your own mortality. Would you step out of your own comfort zone to assist another person’s dream to come true?

The literature lesson between Forrester and Jamal continues. He teaches Jamal lots of things about writing skills. For example, Forrester shows him how to write paper on the typewriter, and Jamal is surprised. The lesson between them is like the meeting with the goddess. Forrester thinks about Jamal very much not only about his writing but also about his life, such as how to get his girl friend’s heart and be careful with his literature teacher. Jamal represents woman as temptress. On Forrester’s birthday, Jamal takes him out and they enjoy a great evening together. It has been a long time after he goes out last time. He feels thankful and happy because of what Jamal does for him. The birthday trip represents his ultimate boon.

He too has issues regarding his life from love and money, to friends, going off to war, name it and he had it. There wasn’t one problem that Forrest didn’t encounter that he didn’t have a positive outlook on. If a person were looking for an underlying message to take out of this, whether it be the book or the film, it would have to be that an individual can be happy no matter what, as long as the person had the right attitude and outlook on life. With that combination, they can do whatever they