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Freedomland

  • 20062006
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  • 1h 53m
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Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore in Freedomland (2006)
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A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
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    • Richard Price(screenplay)
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    • Julianne Moore
    • Samuel L. Jackson
    • Edie Falco
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    • Trivia
      Michael Winterbottom was the original Director, and did extensive work before leaving this project.
    • Goofs
      The scenes at the Freedomland facility appear to be in late fall/winter - trees are bare, subjects are wearing heavy clothing. When Lorenzo interviews Brenda, he states on the tape recorder the date of the interview is May.
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      Lorenzo Council: Kiss my ass, brotherfucker.

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      Featured in At the Movies: Freedomland/Winter Passing/Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story/Eight Below/Unknown White Male (2006)

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    7/10
    Flawed and miscast but good.
    "Freedomland" will not be a popular movie. The movie doesn't have enough action and the action is does contain is more to promote a message than to titillate. Its message is basically about inner city racism. Its about the fuss made over a missing white child in a black community. The story is about a white women who was car-jacked in a housing project and, unknown to the jacker, her 4 year old son was in the car's back seat. You'll have to see the movie to see the rest since revealing the story would completely ruin the movie. I really enjoyed this movie. I thought the performances by Samuel Jackson, William Forsythe and Ron Eldard were realistic and affecting. One standout was Edie Falco. She played a very unglamorous role and was powerfully affecting. She should get an Academy Award nomination for this role. She was fabulous. Another standout was Julianne Moore who was very miscast. I did not like her in this role. She played a very weak, flawed and emotionally stunted individual whose behavior at times turned my stomach. I did not like the character. The character was not written to be liked, maybe pitied and I think that aspect is what Ms. Moore was trying to evoke. I think she did too good a job at making her character weak and flawed and missed a toughness that the book's character had. To live in the environment that she did she would have acquired more emotional survival skills than the movie's character portrayed. Ms. Moore's character looked like she wandered onto the set from a suburban mall. Her looks and demeanor next to the strong Black women characters made her appear too weak and her obstinacy appears to be more stupidity. I think Edie Falco could have played this role better with her strength and then the revelations and breakdown when the toughness crumbled would have been more effective. The movie is unfortunately being advertised as a thriller and audiences expecting action and things blowing up will be disappointed. "Freedomland" is one of those movies that Hollywood doesn't get or know what to do with but it is a very worthwhile movie to see. I gave it a 7 out 10. I downgraded it slightly because of Ms. Moore's performance.
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      • February 17, 2006 (United States)
      • United States
      • Sony Pictures (United States)
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      • Italian
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      • Seaview Hospital, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
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      • Scott Rudin Productions
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