`Freedomland' Fails in Examination of Tough Issues
Evansville Courier & Press › February 17, 2006
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"Freedomland" clearly was an important film for Joe Roth a so important that the esteemed Hollywood executive decided he had to direct it himself.
Sadly for Roth and stars Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore, "Freedomland" will be inconsequential to audiences. The movie has nothing insightful to say about the social issues it tackles a racial unrest, police authoritarianism, the tragic outcomes that can arise from the pressures of single parenting.See the full content of this document
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`Freedomland' Fails in Examination of Tough Issues
A story that tries and fails in its examination of meaningful matters should at least be decent drama. But "Freedomland" is an exercise in bleakne...
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