Okay, I admit, I chose this movie only because I wanted to watch something like Dead Poets Society again. Well, it wasn't anything like that but not in the bad way.
I enjoyed the originality of the plot and I liked that the movie is focused on discrimination based on racism. Also the acting game was good. But although many things in this movie were great, some were not. The biggest minus for me was the lack of connection between the beginning and the end of the movie. Let me explain what I mean. After the first hour of the film (where mostly we see how the main character David makes friends and even has a relationship with a girl) his secret is revealed (he is a jew!). So in the next hour we see the racism and the injustice directed towards him. Finally, justice triumphs and everyone gets what they deserved. But the main character is left alone. We do not see what happens to the relationship between his roomate (who was one of the few people that stood up for him) and we don't see how the other students that were his friends initially react (How did Sally react to the news that Charlie is expelled?). A lot of things that we saw in the first part of the movie remain unfinished in the end. My point is, why would we, the viewers, want to watch the first hour of the movie if we don't see what happens with all the information we had (because of that first part) in the end?!
For me, what I explained just now affected the movie's potential to be something really great and outstanding. It's not bad but it could have been much better.
Review of School Ties
