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School TiesReview created: 10/07/07
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In an All Star Cast Brendan Frazer does an excellent job of portraying protagonist David Green a Jewish teen entering Saint Matthews Preparatory Academy on a football scholarship in which the code of honor is held above academics. Possessing both brains and brawn he easily fits in with privileged classmates despite he himself coming from a financially modest family.
David is not forsaken when Dillon reveals his Hebrew background to mutual friends, but is snubbed when in retaliation for winning the affection of Dillon’s long time girl friend Sally antagonist Dillon (Matt Daemon) takes advantage of his high status in society and blames David for cheating on an exam.
Once again David feels the brunt of the sharp sword of religious prejudice and is expelled for dishonesty. What will David do? Does he have the fortitude to bare injustice while taking the fall for his classmate or will he reveal the true cheat?
David is not forsaken when Dillon reveals his Hebrew background to mutual friends, but is snubbed when in retaliation for winning the affection of Dillon’s long time girl friend Sally antagonist Dillon (Matt Daemon) takes advantage of his high status in society and blames David for cheating on an exam.
Once again David feels the brunt of the sharp sword of religious prejudice and is expelled for dishonesty. What will David do? Does he have the fortitude to bare injustice while taking the fall for his classmate or will he reveal the true cheat?
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See Affleck and Damon at their Greenest in School TiesReview created: 07/19/07
by: lyoness913-- a member of Epinions and Advisor in Movies
Pros:
Great cast, great story, fantastic performances
Great cast, great story, fantastic performances
Cons:
depressing
depressing
School Ties (1992) is really a pretty fantastic movie that helped begin the careers of several young actors. Ironically, Brendan Fraser stars in the leading role as David Greene, a Jewish teen from Pennsylvania who gets a scholarship to a pre-Ivy league high school so that he can play quarterback for their football team. Matt Damon comes second, as he stars as Charlie Dillon, a jealous rich brat who tries to have David expelled from school. Ben Affleck has a constant role in the film, yet with very few lines. He is a just another student at the school. My, how things have changes for the...
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School Ties shoes anti-semitism in higher educationReview created: 03/16/07
by: joshua94 -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Good story
Good story
Cons:
Negative topic
Negative topic
This movie stars Brendan Fraser as a Jewish student in a anti-semetic 1950 prep school for gifted students. It is an all boys school, starring Matt Damon, Ben affleck and Chris o'Donnell. He hides the fact that he is Jewish from his peers because he is poor and doesn't want to lose an opportunity to go to this school on scholarship, and his buddies always make Jewish jokes that are full of hatred and anger. This movie is awful in the cruelness, especially when the other kids find out, but it sends a message that there is no place for hatred and ignorance in society. You feel the sadness of...
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Educational and worth watching...Review created: 12/14/99
by: bellogirl -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Great story-line, good actors
Great story-line, good actors
Cons:
Will make you emotional
Will make you emotional
I have been an adoring fan of Brendan Fraser since his first appearance in the film, "Dogfight." I enjoyed every bit of his performance in the 1992 movie "School Ties." I love this movie so much that I've watched it over 20 times. In School Ties, Fraser's role is the Jewish football star named David Green. David Green is the son of a coal miner who later learns the hard lessons of life when he is given the opportunity to attend a very well-established parochial high school. This movie educates us about the prejudices of the ignorant. Greene was trying to concealed his Jewish heritage but it...
Review ID: 10000000000556082
Powerful and to the PointReview created: 12/17/00
by: tigger1108 -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Was very realistic and showed how people can become bigots in a second.
Was very realistic and showed how people can become bigots in a second.
Cons:
Very sad movie
Very sad movie
I'll just start off by saying that Brendan Fraser is my favorite actor. Not only is he good looking, but when he plays a role, he makes it seem real. That's especially the case in School Ties. Now, almost everyone starts off their epinions on movies with things like "I though this movie would be boring by the cover" or "if someone hadn't of recommended this, I never would have watched this". That is the case for me, but I'm glad I did decide to get. it. The movie is set in the late 1950's. David Greene (Fraser) has been accepted to an elite school where almost all of the graduates move on to..
Review ID: 10000000000556083
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