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School Ties
David Green, a Jewish man, receives a football scholarship to a prestigious junior high school in the 1950s. It seems that David completely conceals the idea that he is Jewish where he feels the pressure to conceal the fact that he is completely Jewish. When he becomes a big man and reveals his background, maybe it will be different.
20 January 1928, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada
15 August 1957, Ljubljana, Slovenia
18 June 1941, Akron, Ohio, USA
4 July 1944, Racine, Wisconsin, USA
27 December 1968, Brooklyn, New York, USA
13 August 1944, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 October 1971, Joliet, Illinois, USA
30 August 1974
13 January 1926, Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
11 August 1962, New York City, New York, USA
31 July 1975, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
23 June 1970, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
31 August 1964
22 May 1981, Bronx, New York, USA
16 October 1968, Monticello, New York, USA
15 August 1972, Berkeley, California, USA
October 15, 2007
Fraser, O'Donnell, Damon and Affleck would all go on to have much hyped careers, and occasionally make better films than this overbearingly worthy classroom drama.October 01, 2006
Though well-intentioned as a message picture, the film is too schematic and predictable, and ultimately may be more significant in featuring a new cohort of actors, including Brandon Frazer, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, and others.April 03, 2005
Well-intentioned (and only occasionally mawkish) tale of college-boy anti-semitism.October 15, 2007
In the real world, it's more likely that Greene's working-class background would work harder against his acceptance at a snooty prep school than his religious beliefs, but School Ties largely ignores this angle.May 12, 2001
Good intentions go for naught as director Robert Mandel (F/X) pounds home every contrivance in the script by Darryl Ponicsan (Taps).January 02, 2011
Stirring movie may be too heavy for some tweens.January 01, 2000
Director Robert Mandel, best known for the flashy techno-thriller F/X, brings a surprisingly sensitive touch to this earnest story of intolerance.June 24, 2006
More notable perhaps for a roster of future stars and Oscar winners than for its unexceptional plot, this well executed film nevertheless has its charms.October 15, 2007
The boys put in fine performances but sadly the script lacks the depth of what could have been a challenging story.May 20, 2003
School Ties has a leafy, genteel look that is somehow less than convincing, perhaps because the hairdos are too tidy and the resemblances to other prep-school stories too clear.January 01, 2000
There's a dramatic imbalance to Dick Wolf and Darryl Ponicsan's screenplay.October 15, 2007
This is a bewildering mixture of fairly accomplished storytelling, awkward contrivances in the script, and lies in the overall conception so egregious they undercut any pretensions the film might have to social seriousness.