Trailers &
Clips
Photos
News
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations

School Ties

:

Overview

School Ties
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
62 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
PG13,1hr 50min
Genre:
Released:
September 1, 1992
Director:
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: 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 so, ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Much like 1996's Courage Under Fire, School Ties should have made Matt Damon a star long before his Oscar-nominated turn in 1997's Good Will Hunting. Surrounded by established actors like Brendan Fraser and Chris O'Donnell, who themselves turn in outstanding performances here, Damon is excellent as the jealous and hate-filled personification of religious intolerance that is at the heart of this film. ... Full Review
Featured Cast
David Greene
Charlie Dillon
Chris Reece
Rip Van Kelt
advertisement