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AND as adorable as Matt Damon is, isn't it fun to see him in the part of a really bad guy.Margo Arrowsmith Any fans of Ben Afflack, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell or Brendan Frazier should enjoy this gem which was made before anyone had heard of any of them. It is a sharp view of a world that was and hints into what still is.
The Bottom Line:School Ties sometimes feels episodic and not all of its scenes work (the bit with the evil French teacher falls particularly flat) but the core of the film is an interesting and well-told story about a Jewish boy in a Christian prep school; rarely less than engaging, if not riveting, it's a decent film.
The cast is great, the story is great, the message is great. This movie is simply great.
The seller sent the movie in a timely manor allowing me to enjoy my movie shortly after I ordered it. I really enjoy this movie, ton of great actors, great plot.
For those of us who have been in the locker room, who have been part of a close team, the scene works and there is no more effective (and poignant) place for what is really the first of 2 climactic scenes in the movie. Also, in a group shower situation one's defenses are completely down - there is nothing behind which to hide. However, consider this: every time these boys hit the showers (they were football players, after all) one could reasonably expect this could be the place David Green's secret is discovered.
When the movie ends, we realize the story isn't really over. Rather, it was meant to make you squirm just a bit, and in the end question how we in the USA could possibly have come to a point of relegating ANY race or group of people to second-tier status. Watch this movie, and then talk about it with people whom you respect.
The movie simply offers that reality in counterpoise with the supposedly perfect world of an upper-class prep school, but you and I know it's happening around us right now, where we live and where we work.Another reviewer took the sexual low road and railed against the shower scene. The scene wasn't sexual; it was revealing as a double-entendre: David's secret is out, and he can no longer hide who he is.This movie was meant to be watched and then discussed; it's still not over.By the way -- I gave this movie 4 stars because it isn't perfect; and because Ben Affleck proves in this movie that "Gigli" is really just about as good as he is going to get. Cinematically this forces us to question what's going to happen next, and should beg discussion by the audience.If you read the other reviews (especially the negative reviews) before watching this movie you'll probably wonder how this seemingly formulaic prep-school movie could be as good as it is.
Well, here's the answer: the movie was not meant to be a feel-good family movie with a happy ending.
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