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TopTenREVIEWS presents the movie reviews of Great Debaters, The (2007)

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Great Debaters, The (2007)

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Great Debaters, The (2007) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Great Debaters, The (2007) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:2.9753
Avg Critic Score:2.9531

Great Debaters, The (2007) Movie Reviews

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Excellent
4
26.57%
(38)
Very Good
3
53.15%
(76)
Good
2
19.58%
(28)
Fair
1
0.70%
(1)
Poor
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Great Debaters, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"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. ...read the complete Great Debaters movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Great Debaters, The (2007) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert) Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"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. ...read the complete Great Debaters movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Great Debaters, The (2007) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli) ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
It's one thing to tell people about the wounds in the fabric of this country that the Civil Rights movement attempted to repair; it's another thing to show them. ...read the complete Great Debaters movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
An inspiring and well-acted film about an extraordinary African-American debating team in the 1930s with the talent and determination to excel....read the complete Great Debaters, The (2007) review at Spirituality and Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
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Orlando Weekly (Steven G. Kellman)
So erudite and accomplished is professor James Farmer (Forest Whitaker) that one awestruck student declares, “He must be the smartest man in Texas.” Though he loves and reveres his father, James Farmer Jr. (Denzel Whitaker, no relation to either Fores...read the complete Great Debaters, The (2007) review at Orlando Weekly (Steven G. Kellman)
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Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Loosely based on a true story, as documented in the "American Legacy" article by Tony Scherman, The Great Debaters centers on poet Melvin B. Tolson (Washington, American Gangster), who spent several years as a teacher of speech and English at all-negro...read the complete Great Debaters, The (2007) review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
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Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
It's ultimately less a movie than a high-gloss civics lesson....read the complete Great Debaters, The (2007) review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
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