"My name is Bond .. James Bond". This is the famous line said by the legendary actor, Sean Connery. In this movie , he is not a kick- a** spy but he played a recluse writer.
William Forester (Sean Connery) once wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning book, but now is a recluse, hiding from his fame, who never leaves his book-filled apartment in the Bronx, but spends his time reading and bird watching. Jamal Wallace is one of these teenagers. He hides his love of reading, and his brilliant writing skills, and chooses instead to gain the acceptance of his peers through his skill at basketball. A prep school has offered Jamal a scholarship because of his high test scores, and their need to win a basketball championship. The two characters meet, and Forester becomes a sort of teacher/mentor, but both learn many things from each other.
Included in the movie is a very brief first course in writing. Though the movie doesn't focus too much on it, the way it presents the process of writing (and of the criticism of writing) is refreshingly realistic.
This movie evoked a curiosity of the mind of great writers.It makes the audience think.. What truly makes one great? How can we really expect to interpret what an author's work meant to them?
Overall, I kinda like this movie because of the great actors in it.
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