FINDING FORRESTER
Sean Connery
Rob Brown
F.Murray Abraham

Newcomer Rob Brown makes his acting debut alongside Sean Connery in Oscar nominated Gus Van Zant's latest film.

It's the story of Jamal (Brown)a young man from the South Bronx who's main loves in life are literature and basketball and a mysterious recluse (Connery) who never comes out of his apartment. Following a dare from his basketball playing friends to sneak into Connery's apartment and take something to prove he's been there Connery startles him and Jamal leaves his backpack full of his own writings there. He is surprised however when his bag is thrown back to him from the apartment and he finds that his writings have been marked as if he was Connery's student.

This is the start of friendship between the two and sees Jamal being tutored by his new mentor who is forever challenging Jamal's spirit to just give in and quit. Things start going wrong for Jamal when shortly after being accepted into a Manhattan Prep school he is accused of plagarism following his entry into a literature competition.

This causes more heartache for Jamal when the only way out of this mess may be to betray one of his best friends deepest secrets. Look out also for Rapper Busta Rhymes as Jamal's older brother and a cameo appearance from Matt Damon.

Though Brown makes an impressive screen debut and Connery is strong as ever as an, at times bitter old man you can't help feeling that you know how the whole thing is going to turn out and at over two hours long it may be a bit of a struggle to watch this without getting bored especially as most of it is based in Connery's apartment. This is probably one of those films that are best left until it comes out on video especially as there is much better stuff worth seeing at the moment.

5/10 Ian Thomson

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