

In my opinion, Freedom Writers should've utilized more of a variety of different shots to make the film visually more interesting. This is because the inclusion of master shots during the scenes represented the more short and traumatic events all in one setting, and the long takes depicting the more lengthy events taken place while walking around on the streets.

Gruwell is reading their journal entries, to be one of the more effective parts of Freedom Writers.
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Although, I would consider the scene when the movie depicts the upbringing and backgrounds of the troubled students while Mrs. Also, the editor cut out part of the scene too quickly and it just didn’t flow. Hernandez) outbursts, she is seen kicking what appears to be tin on the ground and the scene in general was a bit silly. Most of the scenes are shot in a pretty generic way, with tons of quick cuts that almost interrupted scenes. Despite the fact that this might irritate some moviegoers, it didn’t get under my skin that much since it seems like this is one of the more common flaws in most present day “coming of age” movies, and I was somewhat expecting that going into this film. For example, a major flaw with the casting of the students was that they looked twice the age of a regular high school Freshman. Despite the fact that this might irritate some moviegoers, it didn’t get This film had things going for itself but, it had issues that it could've perfected on. This film had things going for itself but, it had issues that it could've perfected on.
