Won't Back Down
Won't Back Down
- PG
- 2h 2m
- 2012
34%
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Oscar® Nominees Maggie Gyllenhaal (2009, Supporting Actress, "Crazy Heart") and Viola Davis (2011, Actress, "The Help") lead a stellar cast in this empowering drama inspired by actual events. Hard-working single mom Jamie Fitzpatrick (Gyllenhaal) is concerned that John Adams Elementary is letting her daughter down. Teaming with a caring teacher (Davis) who wants the best future for her own son, she sets out to improve attitudes and elevate the school’s academic standards. Despite the odds, with courage, hope and persistence, the women just might prevail in this uplifting film that also stars Rosie Perez and Academy Award® Winner Holly Hunter (1993, Actress, "The Piano") .
Cast:
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Rosie Perez, Holly Hunter, Kevin Jiggetts, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Bill Nunn, Teri Clark Linden, Patricia Cray, Julius Tennon, Becky Meister, Elisa Perry, Rick Applegate, Ivanna Eubanks, Gabrielle McClinton, Ted Russell, Sara Lindsey, Lance Reddick, Kyler Norton, Stephen Weigand, Keith Flippen, Jennifer Massey, Franklin Ojeda Smith, Reavis Graham, Rebecca Harris, Paige Nelson, Kurt Yue, Juan Veza, Carmella Gioio, Dionne Audain, Jane Mowder, Richard Barlow, Landri Shannan, Toni Romano, Sue Jin Song, Jack Walz
© 2012 Walden Media, LLC. All rights reserved.
Rotten Tomatoes® Score
TOMATOMETER®
34%Critics Consensus: Despite the best efforts of its talented leads, Won't Back Down fails to lend sufficient dramatic heft or sophistication to the hot-button issue of education reform.
Reviews
London Evening Standard
More anti-union propaganda masquerading as entertainment.
June 22, 2017
Little White Lies
Joseph Walsh
A straight-talking, partisan account about the failings of a broken system and a band of women who...
June 22, 2017
Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
It is well meant, undoubtedly about something that matters, and it bends over backwards not to tra...
June 22, 2017
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
It mixes attempts at realism and grit with transparently Hollywoodized good guys-vs.-bad guys soci...
June 22, 2017
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Common Sense Media
age 9+Common Sense Says
Inspiring tale of a mom's quest to better her kid's school.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Won't Back Down, which is based on actual events, follows a mother's journey to turn her daughter's failing elementary school around. There's some insulting language ("idiot," "retard," as well as "ass") and bullying -- a teacher does nothing as a student rips another student's backpack, and the same teacher purposely keeps a kid from leaving class to use the bathroom. Jamie, the protagonist mom, wears tight clothes and flirts with pretty much everyone -- culminating in a romantic relationship with a teacher at her child's school. Adults drink at a bar and restaurant, but there's no drunkenness. Parents and kids will be reminded of the difference that just one or two people can make in a community.
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Additional Info
- Genre:Drama
- Release Date:September 28, 2012
- Languages:English
- Captions:English, Spanish
- Audio Format:5.1
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