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- Terry BurkeDecember 27, 2025One of the most inspiring movies I have ever seen in my 68 years
- Michael SurberOctober 23, 2025Outstanding. A great inspirational story about a dedicated teacher. You will be rivited until the very end.
- martinstraka82March 11, 2025Excellent and inspiring.
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Freedom Writers was released on January 5, 2007.
Freedom Writers was directed by Richard LaGravenese.
Freedom Writers has a runtime of 2h 3m.
Freedom Writers was produced by Michael H. Shamberg, Danny DeVito, Stacey Sher.
Erin Gruwell, a young teacher in a racially divided Los Angeles school, inspires her class of at-risk students, deemed incapable of learning, to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
The key characters in Freedom Writers are Erin Gruwell (Hilary Swank), Scott Casey (Patrick Dempsey), Steve Gruwell (Scott Glenn).
Freedom Writers is rated PG-13.
Freedom Writers is a Biography, Crime, Drama film.
Freedom Writers has an audience rating of 8.7 out of 10.
Freedom Writers had a budget of $21M.
Freedom Writers has made $43.1M at the box office.