The movie (freedom writers) was OK but not one of my favorites. The story was some what moving but got a little stale towards the end. Some of the actors are good but some felt out of place so that also made me lose interest in the movie. The idea of the kids writing in notebooks was a good one because they got to exp res them self's throe words and not vilenchttp://www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/site/c.kqIXL2PFJtH/b.5183373/k.DD8B/FWF_Home.htm