November 08, 2005
School Ties
A while back I went through Blockbuster online and added a bunch of Brendan Fraser movies to my queue, every now and then one shows up. Some are throw aways (i.e. Airheads) some are surprisingly good. Like School Ties.
I didn't watch it right away, once I saw that Ben Affleck was in it I was prepared for major suckage. I would have to say that this may well be Affleck's best movie, in much the same way that The Outsiders was Tom Cruise's best movie. 
I was expecting just your standard prep school conflict type movie but, while there were certainly a lot of clichés, I was quite pleasantly surprised. Prejudice, traditions, friendship, conscience - and Brendan Fraser (oh, and Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell....)
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