Won't Back Down

If you can't beat the system... change it

A fictional story inspired by actual events, the film chronicles the journey of two women, a struggling mother and a veteran teacher, who embark on a mission to turn around their kids' failing school. Against all odds and countless obstacles, they persevere and ultimately succeed, providing a better education and better life for their children, as well as other kids in their community.

121 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Language).
Drama.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Good time girls.

Credits

Cast	Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Oscar Isaac, Holly Hunter, Rosie Perez, Emily Alyn Lind, Dante Brown, Lance Reddick, Ving Rhames
Director	Daniel Barnz
Screenplay	Brin Hill, Daniel Barnz
Music	Marcelo Zarvos
Cinematography	Roman Osin
Editing	Kristina Boden
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
Made in	2012
Produced by	Walden Media, Gran Via Productions

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Mild, infrequent, may pose harm. Parental accompaniment necessary
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	A concerned parent with a child whose learning disability can be overcome through better education facilities and programmes teams up with a teacher to turn a failing school around.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Helen Herimbi Old-school triumph over trouble.	10
Die Burger Rozanne Els Clichés keer nie daai warm gevoel.	10
Cape Times David Rooney A lumbering movie that skims issues.	1-
Box Office Amy Nicholson Fight for your right to study	10
ScreenIt C. Fuchs There is a lot to admire here.	12
Metacritic.com 34 critics	8
Rottentomatoes critics 96 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	8
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	11
Movie Review Intelligence 42 critics	9
What the People say
Internet 1980 Netizens It's a Battle for Education in 'Won't Back Down'	11
Average .. 45%	9