Finding Forrester Review

“Finding Forrester” is a touching drama surrounding our protagonist, Jamal Wallace, an African American youngster who grew up in a lesser desirable social circumstance. With the combined factor of his gift in the basketball courts, and his excellent standardized test scores, Jamal Wallace finds himself invited to a prestigious prep school in New York. During the same time frame, Jamal Wallace befriends an enigmatic old man, unknown to Jamal at the time, the old man is in fact William Forrester, a Pulitzer prize writer who authored only one book, Avon Landing. Taking note of Jamal's literary genious, Forrester begins editing Jamal's written work, and even inviting Jamal into his residence for 'writing workshops', where Forrester helped Jamal compose works of extravagant quality. As their friendship develops, Jamal eventually learns of William Forrester's real identity, but vows to keep it a secret and respect Forrester's life choice as a hermit. In Jamal's new New York prep school, he is quickly confronted by many obstacles. First and foremost, in an environment where the rich and prestigious thrive, Jamal finds a hard time feeling comfortable with himself there, with basketball his only getaway. Also, Jamal is confronted by a professor Crawford, who constantly doubts and challenges Jamal's literary genious based solely on his upbringing. As Jamal submits a work for a annual writing competition at the school, Crawford finds that the titled used was plagarized from William's Forrester's earlier work. Jamal is than temporary suspended from academics, but still asked to play the championship basketball game. Faced with a dilemma of self preservation and the preservation of William Forrester's identity, the film quickly reached it's climax. On the day when students were to read their work. William Forrester shows up with an ambiguous intent, and reads off a few pages of his notes. Upon receiving praise and acknowledgment for the piece of writing, Forrester reveals