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Minds Not Wastednew
An admirable spirit of social uplift animates The Great Debaters.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
01-11-2008 |
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'The Great Debaters': Oprah-ticnew
This Oprah-produced and Denzel-directed historical tale is powerful, but over-polished.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff |
01-03-2008 |
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Speaking the Truthnew
Historical drama struggles to rise above conventions.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Allison Keene |
01-02-2008 |
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Big Talknew
The ever-ingratiating Denzel Washington both stars and directs this feel-bad-then-good fable, based on the mid-'30s triumphs of the debate team from all-black Wiley College. Also reviewed: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-27-2007 |
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'The Great Debaters' Commits the Worst Kind of Sentimentalizingnew
Denzel Washington's black biopic is more concerned with uplifting than exposing truth.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-27-2007 |
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Denzel Fires It Up in 'The Great Debaters'new
There's a lot here about institutionalized racism and the ways in which violence and humiliation are systematically employed to keep people afraid, and it's all packaged up in a nice sentimental package, with a few fat-kid-makes-good and pretty-girl-gets-laid subplots for good measure.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
12-20-2007 |
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