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   PG-132007 · Drama · 2h 7m

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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

1. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-great-debaters-2007The Great Debaters movie review (2007) | Roger Ebert

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   Dec 24, 2007 · Roger Ebert December 24, 2007. Tweet. Forest Whitaker (left) and Denzel Washington star in The Great Debaters. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "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 ...

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3. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › great_debatersThe Great Debaters | Rotten Tomatoes

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   Dec 25, 2007 · 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 ...

   • 86% (4.8K)
   • Director: Denzel Washington

   • Content Rating: PG-13
   • Actors: Denzel Washington

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

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   The Great Debaters. Directed by Denzel Washington. Biography, Drama, Romance. PG-13. 2h 6m. By Stephen Holden. Dec. 25, 2007. Its steadfast humanity, its literacy, its passionate belief in ...

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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' a true story?

   • There are enough things to admire about “The Great Debaters,” the heavily fictionalized true story of The Little Debate Team That Could, that your impulse is to forgive the movie its shortcomings.

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   Where can I buy the Great Debaters?

   • The Great Debaters is currently only available in the UK by getting it from outside the UK on import (Amazon has decent prices) and I was curious why given that it looked like a good historical drama with a couple of big name stars in lead roles.

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   Where did the great debates come from?

   • THE GREAT DEBATERS follows the 1935 Wiley College debate team from its modest beginnings in Marshall, Texas, to national prominence.

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   The Great Debaters Reviews. It’s an inspirational tale of triumph over adversity that plays the debate competition like an underdog sports movie, complete with the cheering crowds celebrating ...

7. www.commonsensemedia.org › the-great-debatersThe Great Debaters Movie Review | Common Sense Media

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   What you will—and won't—find in this movie. Positive Messages. Themes include communication, the resilience of yo. Positive Role Models. Debate team members are mostly determined and nobl. Violence & Scariness. A central scene shows a lynching, with a burned, h. Sex, Romance & Nudity. Henry flirts with a man's wife at a bar; women.

   • 4/5
   • Director: Denzel Washington

   • Author: Cynthia Fuchs
   • Produce Company: Weinstein Co.

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   Dec 25, 2007 · The Great Debaters - Metacritic. 2007. PG-13. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) 2 h 6 m. Summary Believe in the power of words. Inspired by a true story, The Great Debaters chronicles the journey of Professor Melvin Tolson, a brilliant but volatile debate team coach who uses the power of words to shape a group of underdog students from a small African ...

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   THE GREAT DEBATERS is a movie-going treat, with young people exemplifying truth, respect, pride and dignity. In an entertaining way, with some preaching, this movie shows four African-American debaters succeeding in the face of adversity, growing stronger with success AND defeat.