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Rating: Null/10 (4 September 2011)

Okay let me get this right! The Republicans are insulted, the African Americans are insulted and the do gooders are insulted and the raw nitty gritty tell us the truth are insulted! Why is this so? It is pretty easy to explain really .... you see the story was always going to divide people in itself but the producers tried to run this down the middle IE not too left or right and as we all know it's human nature that if it doesn't sit politically correct in your head you are not going to be happy.
Now here is my take on the story. Irrespective of the white folks intentions and would they do it if he wasn't a potentially going to be a football star this movie shows (even with its Walt Disney feel) that people can do good and that they should do good. Society is a difficult problem with no simple answers, for example here in Australia we don't do enough to help the indigenous people and yet they get upset if you do help them as they would like to do it on their own terms. I fully agree with them but this doesn't mean you should let a young children live on the streets or that we don't provide assistance. The reality is not every aboriginal is disadvantage but there is a high majority of them who are. This is where people need to think outside the square and not take offense to the stereo typing and appreciate the particular people's story. You see most white southern people are republicans and most Africans Southern Americans are living below the poverty line. I personally find it offensive that people who live in New York or Germany find it offensive when they do not take into account the particular person situation and they are in fact generalising their assumptions based on his/hers location and situations. It is also a fact that not every person has the chance to go to university of their choice without the right criteria. Do you think that every Harvard university student wants to be a lawyer or doctor because of their own goals or ideas? Many of these students are driving by parent's goals and dreams and if they have the resources then so be it. Michael had a chance to do something in his life that would give him future. I sure as hell don't want to work at my job every week but i do it and i am sure that I am not the only person who feels like that..... but life gives us all choices and Michael took his .... right or wrong Michael is a lucky man.
Good story but could have been better, however it has good acting and it is well worth a look.