School Ties (1992)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 37
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 12
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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 4
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Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 33,688
Movie Info
An assemblage of young Hollywood actors poised for stardom marked this tale of anti-Semitism at a 1950s prep school. Brendan Fraser stars as David Greene, a working-class Jewish quarterback from Scranton, Pennsylvania, who is offered a senior year scholarship to a prestigious New England academy. It's David's ticket to an Ivy League education and a way out of his Rust Belt hometown, but there's one condition: the school's elders ask him to be discreet about his religion. At first willing to do
Sep 18, 1992 Wide
Jun 29, 1999
Paramount Home Video
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Cast
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Brendan Fraser
David Greene -
Matt Damon
Charlie Dillon -
Chris O'Donnell
Chris Reece -
Randall Batinkoff
Rip Van Kelt -
Andrew Lowery
McGivern -
Amy Locane
Sally Wheeler -
Cole Hauser
Jack Connors -
Ben Affleck
Chesty Smith -
Anthony Rapp
McGoo -
Peter Donat
Headmaster Dr. Bartram -
Zeljko Ivanek
Cleary -
Kevin Tighe
Coach McDevitt -
Michael Higgins
Mr. Gierasch -
Ed Lauter
Alan Greene -
David Caldwell Allen
Announcer -
Ryan Anderson
Boy #2 -
Jayce Bartok
Jack -
Gregory Chase
Cal Reynolds -
Cody Conklin
Sarah -
John Cunningham
Grayson Dillon -
Stanton Denman
Miller -
Dan Desmond
Mr. Wheeler -
Alice Duffy
Chaperone -
Claudia Everest
Mrs. Wheeler -
Elizabeth Franz
Jane Dillon -
Ken Garito
Don -
Matt Hofherr
Gray Dillon -
Susan Johnston
Mary Ellen -
Luke Jorgensen
Rick -
Thomas Rhett Kee
Boy in Shower -
Sean Kent
Keller -
Sandra Landers
Joyce -
Colin F. Lydon
Boy in Dining Room -
Will Lyman
Swanson -
Peter McRobbie
Chaplain -
William Meisle
Winchester Headmaster -
Jane Nichols
Swimming Coach -
Jeff Nichols
Donald -
Benari Poulten
Percy -
Rick Rodgers
Nick -
Edward Seamon
Weezer -
Karen Shallo
Edie -
John Sprerdakos
Kocus -
Leon B. Stevens
Tom Keating -
Victoria Hochberg
Bear -
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Kent Osborne
Emile -
James Donnell Quinn
Boy #1
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This is a bewildering mixture of fairly accomplished storytelling, awkward contrivances in the script, and lies in the overall conception so egregious they undercut any pretensions the film might have to social seriousness.
More notable perhaps for a roster of future stars and Oscar winners than for its unexceptional plot, this well executed film nevertheless has its charms.
Top CriticSchool Ties has a leafy, genteel look that is somehow less than convincing, perhaps because the hairdos are too tidy and the resemblances to other prep-school stories too clear.
Good intentions go for naught as director Robert Mandel (F/X) pounds home every contrivance in the script by Darryl Ponicsan (Taps).
There's a dramatic imbalance to Dick Wolf and Darryl Ponicsan's screenplay.
School Ties is surprisingly effective.
Stirring movie may be too heavy for some tweens.
In the real world, it's more likely that Greene's working-class background would work harder against his acceptance at a snooty prep school than his religious beliefs, but School Ties largely ignores this angle.
The boys put in fine performances but sadly the script lacks the depth of what could have been a challenging story.
Fraser, O'Donnell, Damon and Affleck would all go on to have much hyped careers, and occasionally make better films than this overbearingly worthy classroom drama.
Though well-intentioned as a message picture, the film is too schematic and predictable, and ultimately may be more significant in featuring a new cohort of actors, including Brandon Frazer, Chris O'Donnell, Matt Damon, and others.
Well-intentioned (and only occasionally mawkish) tale of college-boy anti-semitism.
Sensível e envolvente, o filme aborda o anti-semitismo (e o preconceito, de forma geral) através de uma história simples, mas eficaz. É surpreendente como Brendan Fraser pode ser um ótimo ator, quando assim deseja.
A solid movie about anti-semitism that is most noteworthy because of it's now famous cast.
...works due mostly to some fine performances and a well-paced script.
The stellar cast are brilliant. Brendan Fraser knocks the audience for six.
Dull
Reveals the soul murdering dimensions of bigotry.
A film not to miss.
It's not often that a predictable script is turned into a worthwhile movie, but in the case of School Ties it has happened.
It's all far too predictable and mired in cliches and stereotypes.
Audience Reviews for School Ties
Super Reviewer
Director: Robert Mandel
Summary: David Greene (Brendan Fraser), a working-class Jewish teen, receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s. But in favor of fitting in, he chooses to hide his religion from his wealthy, prejudiced classmates. Greene soon becomes the team's star player and wins the attention of a beautiful debutante (Amy Locane). But when his heritage is revealed, his schoolmates' deep-seated hatred rises to the surface.
My Thoughts: "This film is a good example of how people label other people and put them into certain categories whether it be of religion, skin color, sexuality, or their nationality. This film focuses on a Jewish boy, but it speaks for everything I listed. You cannot, as they say, judge a book by it's cover. That is brilliantly shown in this film. With David withholding his religious beliefs, he is welcomed in as one of their own. But once he is outed by a fellow 'friend'(I use that term loosely), he is shunned by them all (well almost all). So instead of him being that person they had come to know him as, he was now in that labeled box of ignorance. You cannot judge a person or persons by a religion, race, nationality, sexuality, or by their appearance. They do not make up for that one person at fault. This film has great acting by all the well known actors of today. Great to go back and see them before they were such big stars. This has to be my favorite performance from Brendan Fraser. Great job by the entire cast. If you haven't seen it, then you should."
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