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   • 7.5/10 7.5/10 IMDb
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   Critics consensus A wonderful cast and top-notch script elevate The Great Debaters beyond a familiar formula for a touching, uplifting drama. More reviews on Rotten Tomatoes

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   Dec 25, 2007 · Apr 6, 2024 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review It follows a traditional sports movie narrative, showing us the team’s competitive and inner struggles, offering some profound...

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   Dec 24, 2007 · Written by. Robert Eisele. Jeffrey Porro. "The Great Debaters" is about an underdog debate team that wins a national championship, and some critics have complained that it follows the formula of all sports movies by leading up, through great adversity, to a victory at the end. So it does.

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   As of November 20, 2012, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 132 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "A wonderful cast and top-notch script elevate The Great Debaters beyond a familiar formula for a touching, uplifting drama." [10]

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   Dec 25, 2007 · With Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker. A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

   • 7.5/10 (63K)
   • Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance

   • Director: Denzel Washington
   • Release Date: 2007-12-25

5. www.nytimes.com › 2007/12/25 › moviesThe Great Debaters - Movie - Review - The New York Times

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   Dec 25, 2007 · David Lee/Weinstein Company. The Great Debaters. Directed by Denzel Washington. Biography, Drama, Romance. PG-13. 2h 6m. By Stephen Holden. Dec. 25, 2007.

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   Is the Great Debaters a good movie?

   • A wonderful cast and top-notch script elevate The Great Debaters beyond a familiar formula for a touching, uplifting drama. Poet and professor Melvin B. Tolson (Denzel Washington) teaches at the predominately black Wiley College in 1935 Texas. He decides to start a debate team, something nearly unheard of at a black college.

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   Is the Great Debaters based on a true story?

   • The Great Debaters is a 2007 American historical drama film directed by Denzel Washington from a screenplay by Robert Eisele and based on a 1997 article for American Legacy by Tony Scherman. The film follows the trials and tribulations of the Wiley College debate team in 1935 Texas.

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   Who starred in 'the Great Debaters'?

   • The film is directed by Denzel Washington and stars Washington, Forest Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, and Kimberly Elise. “The Great Debaters” was written by Robert Eisele and Tom Epperson and produced by Todd Black, Kate Forte, Oprah Winfrey and Joe Roth.

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   How much money did the Great Debaters make?

   • The Great Debaters debuted at No. 11 in its first weekend with a total of $6,005,180 from 1,171 venues. The film grossed $30,236,407 in the US. As of November 20, 2012, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 80% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 132 reviews.

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