Freedomland (2006)

22 out of 30 people found the following review helpful:

Awesome!

James Waddell from London, 21st May, 2006

Jackson is one of my favourite actors and Freedomland reveals why. Class acting and a plot with some nice twists make this a cracking movie.

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19 out of 22 people found the following review helpful:

Decide for yourself

Ado from , 8th October, 2006

This film is a case in point that you should do not be put off by negative reviews - watch and decide for yourself. When I saw that this film was on it's way to me I read the reviews and thought - 'oh no, this is gonna be rubbish'. Just goes to show though that everyone's taste is different, as I enjoyed this film. Good acting from Samuel L Jackson and Julianne Moore - the story is not boring and kept me interested throughout. I do not agree that you do not end up feeling for the characters - there is a real human touch to this film. Rent it and decide for yourself is my advice. Granted, it's not the best film I've ever seen but I would give it a strong three out of five - I've seen a lot worse.

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9 out of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Slow and boring

A Customer from Durham, England, 16th September, 2006

The first 20 minutes or so gets you interested, but from that point on the whole drags on while you steadily lose interest in the outcome of the plot. Very disappointing considering the lead actors.

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7 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Interesting

A Customer from Bedfordshire, England, 16th November, 2006

This is a pretty good film that explores a number of interesting Themes. It loses it's way somewhere in the middle, when a rather contrived search scene that passes on some important information seems overblown, but it regains it's momentum towards the end due to some wonderful performances by the actors. Well worth a watch in my opinion.

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A Customer from UK, 23rd June, 2008

On the whole a good movie. Samuel L Jackson gives a good performance (if not different from previous roles). Film deals with a number of hard topics (missing children, race riots) which for me was at a good level.

Definately worth watching

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A Customer from UK, 23rd June, 2008

Lame acting, lame script, contrived story-line. I can't believe Samuel L. agreed to act in this tripe. Juliane Moore's acting was particularly poor. During some of the "emotional" and "revealing" scenes, I found myself laughing rather than empathising. It was that bad.

The film did not rise above mediocre at any point in time, even when the crucial revelation was made. The lowest point? Probably the "race riots". What an utter farce. Are we to believe that a detective would have the authority to impose, let alone sustain a "lockdown" over several days on the basis of the evidence presented in the story? I doubt it would have happened in 60s Mississippi, let alone New York in 2006!

I'm not normally moved to review films. I avoid the ones most people slate and when i've viewed one that most people rate highly and I enjoy it too, I can't be bothered to repeat what everyone else says. However, I viewed this banal nonsense on the strength of a 31/2 star average review. Hopefully I've redressed the balance a bit and with so many good films to watch out there, I might have saved someone a similar waste of time.

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bomberbone from from Lytham St. Annes, 31st May, 2008

despite negative reviews i rented this and was pleasantly surprised by the calibre of it.The ending let it down with an action that a character wouldn't do but hey-ho. Not a film to watch beered up but nevertheless an overall good film

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As with all Big Sam's films it was a good one!

scouselc from from Warrington, 12th May, 2008

Good film with mad & good twist. If you think really hard you could probably see the twist coming. Would deffo recommend this to anyone who thinks Samuel L Jackson is a good actor as as always he is good in this!

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