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School Ties
from Paramount
starring Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell, Randall Batinkoff, Andrew Lowery
directed by Robert Mandel

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Great movie, great seller
  I really enjoy this movie, ton of great actors, great plot. The seller sent the movie in a timely manor allowing me to enjoy my movie shortly after I ordered it.

• A complicated movie about a comlicated subject
  Watch this movie, and then talk about it with people whom you respect. When the movie ends, we realize the story isn't really over. 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... more info

• FREEDOM OF RELIGION?
  This is a very fine movie,well acted, once one clears the initial premise:imagine a strict Catholic Prep School of the 1950's admitting anyone who wasn't Catholic regardless of his football prowess.Once past that hurdle, it's clear sailing for the viewer.Fraser,as expected, lives up to his reputation on the field and in the classroom, and also steals Damon's girlfriend. Damon comes from a long line of Harvard graduates,and in succession is forced to play "second fiddle" to Fraser on the field, in the social... more info

• beautiful blueprint-- today's hollywood and yesterday's technicians
  OK, so right away, have to disclose that i was an extra on this shoot for three months growing up in Boston. My perspective is a bit askew, with nostalgia and personal bias. But re-watching this movie on television the other day, a flood of memories-- and the justification for my film school education-- return.
  At the time (early 90;s), the period (1955) elements were more impressive to me than the subject matter. However, that period setting also distracts at some times. The sceenplay is written in a... more info

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