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School Ties (1992)
description written by member Zara:
A guy gets a scholarship to play football at a very exclusive private boarding school during the 1950's. He lives with the secret that he's Jewish, something that the other students are bigoted against.
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School Ties Movie Review by Jarrod  (8/22/2007) |
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'School Ties' carries with it a serious condemnation of anti-Semitism, but soft peddles it in such a way that the movie looks like it is trying too hard, and in a way it is, by making the Matt Damon character, Charlie Dillon, such an childish and detestable bigot, one almost has to think of him as a caricature, forced to...
(complete School Ties review by Jarrod)
| School Ties Movie Review by Zara (3/14/2007) |
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This movie tries to tell the hardship tale of a young Jewish kid who gets the opportunity to go to a privileged private high school and play football. Back during the time when I guess Jews weren't perceived as the witty comedians and killer filmmakers that they now are, he is looked down upon for his status.
The film is...
(complete School Ties review by Zara)
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