This was alright, but not what I was looking for First of all before I comment on this film, I must say that Rob Brown (a charming performance as Jamal) and Sean Connory (good form as usual) are a great screen duo. There truly was a great father/teacher, son/student relationship there. Better than I have seen in years. But there were a few things about this film that didn't work for me. It seems to me that in these particular films, with this kind of theme, they tend to indicate that gifted writers have to be geniuses or have an extremely high intellect. I believe that the true source of writing talent really comes from the heart. This film didn't seem say much about this. If it did, I guess I expected more. Writers, however, do need to have some enlightening ideas and be on a higher plane of thinking, but writing emerges from the soul and from life's experiences not from test scores. This film did indicate this remotely with Forrester's family situation from the past, but this film again, didn't elaborate this enough.What bothered me too, was the poor kid being accused of all sorts of crimes like plagiarism. If he has high test scores and attends this school why would they even comment on his work, stating that it was just "too good". His teachers didn't seem to have a lot of faith in him. Even his basketball coach flashes him a dirty look for loosing the big game (seems to me he fails to remember that the kid scored a perfect winning streak previously). Is a private prep school really so stiff and formal that they would disqualify Jamal's work (for supposed plagiarism again), and then humiliate him in front of his peers by making him read an apology during the contest? I wouldn't know personally, but it seems to me that poor Jamal just couldn't get a break. Mr.Forrester, even flings a few arrows at the poor guy at times. A good attempt of displaying a kid's dream coming true, but I found myself a little crestfallen after such high hopes of inspiration.