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Finding Forrester Film Analysis
Finding Forrester (2000), directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Mike rich, is an inspirational film that captivates you if you pay attention. The reason I say this is because nothing extraordinary happens the first few minutes of the movie. It begins like some of the ordinary movies I have seen before. For example, I Robot is one of the many movies that starts off with the usual waking up routine. Jamal who is played by Rob Brown, as predicted, arouses from his sleep to start off his day. There is nothing dramatic about that scene it.All of the cast's acting skills are well defined for their part It almost had me forget I was just watching a movie. Well all except for one, Glenn Fitzgerald, who played the delivery man named Massie.

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