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All teen and kid reviews for The Great Debaters
Average rating based on 8 kid and teen reviews:
- 63% say violence is an issue
- 50% say language is an issue
- 50% say sexual content is an issue
- 38% say there are positive role models
- 38% say there are positive messages
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Great movie
This was a great movie. I think kids should get an understanding of racism and know how they talked back then and realize how wrong it is. It is a great story line though. There are a few bad parts. When the man was being lynched and burned, I had to look away. I think that was the worst part of the movie. Other than that, the movie tells a lot about these African-American kids, their struggle against racism, and their struggle to maintain their friendship.
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Great, inspirational, sensational, must see
A little disturbing, violent images of African Americans. One was hung and burned.
All in all, everyone over 12 should see it.
The N word a few times.
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Tough subject matter and scenes of violence, sexual beheviour, don't take away from amazing lessons this movie teaches!
We watched this movie in school, that's how educational and powerful it is. Although there's a lot of violence, such as gun shots, lynching, and fist fights, as well as some sexual and squeamish scences, it doesn't take away from the powerful messages this movie presents about racism and acceptance. There are some great role models, such as Samantha, the first female member of the Wiley College debate team, and James Jr, who's attending college at the age of 14, and one of the brightest debaters on the team. Some stuff might be a little tough for younger kids to chew, like views on communism and scenes of rebellion and a barn burning resulting from it, but with a little bit of explaination and education on the topics, this movie proves to be very intresting and valuable in the lessons it teaches. This definetaly made my "Best Movies" list!
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One of the best movies of 2007
It looks like a real boring film just from the title and subject matter of it, but it truly is a fantastic film that shows racism the door, and proving that you can achieve anything if you put enough effort into it. Definitely not for children by any means.
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This did look like a boring movie but after I saw it I was very surprised.There are many parts many not be inappropriate for kids under the age of 12.
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This was a great educational movie!
This Movie teaches a lot about how evil racism is. it lets you know how hard it was even for kids and teens. they language and violence in this movie is needed to make the viewers fully understand how terrible it is. Younger kids would not understand this so 11+
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Incredible Movie for Mature Teens
This fantastic movie does deal with racism, and it gives you a clear understanding what African-Americans went through during that time. As for violence, there is an extremely disturbing scene of a lynched man, and some fighting. Plus, all in all, the movie is very deep and intense. The sex scene is very breif, so it's nothing too bad. The only language issues are the use to bad words to describe African Americans, but when you take the times into consideration, it's not too shocking. The movie is too mature for young children, but great for adults and older teens. Definately worth watching. The performances are fantastic too.
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