Won't Back Down
User Score
6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9

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  1. WBDparent
    Sep 28, 2012
    9
    To Wont Back Down Critics: I am an Urban parent, so the question on the table: "Are parents suppose to sit back and continue to allow education systems to continue to fail to effectively educate and keep safe millions of children because the defenders of "failure as an option" are not ready to embrace change in how we deliver education to children? The Bottom line: if parents don't protect their children who will? FYI the fictional parent Maggie was the actual "trigger" not some law! She saw a problem in the school and it "triggered" her into action! Don… Expand
  2. DisasterpieceMK
    Mar 29, 2013
    7
    I give the premise of the film and the acting a solid 9. Topics about education are extremely important for our society to grasp. The film itself was heavy-handed but it had to be. You cannot be subtle or make plot twists more important that the purpose of your film. While it doesn't make for the most compelling overall story possible, it does the trick that it needs to do. As a film, it wasn't perfect by any means but I would still recommend it as a viewing to anyone who cares about the state of our educational system which should be everyone. I do not think that the teacher's union portrayal was entirely accurate but like I said before, this film was from a particular point-of-view, and a passionate one that is worth viewing.… Expand
  3. GreatMartin
    Oct 1, 2012
    5
  4. Kadeemluvmusic
    Sep 30, 2012
    4
    To me, "Won't Back Down" is a disappointment just like "Good Deeds." I love Viola Davis. Her Oscar performance in The Help was incredible. But why are you starring in a film that is led with some heated outrage over to promote a parent trigger movement and critics are baffled on identical vehicle to billionaire Philip Anschutz, who is the founder of Major League Soccer and worked for films like "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." "Won't Back Down" is a paltry movie. The cast looks good, but the script and the story looks too boring. Sending a message won't help the audiences that much. And I think it's gonna cost them at the box office.… Expand
  5. Jon-the-Hun
    Oct 14, 2012
    1
    This movie was just not good, bottom line. I went in watching it because I was curious about it, but I could barely stay in the theatre. It was your stereotypical feel-good movie, which does not include strong acting performances. The story itself is inspiring, but the screenwriting and overall production of the movie was simply sub-par. Also, it was about 97% propaganda against unions. Not that I'm pro-union or anti-union, but having a movie that demonizes some organization in real life, or insinuates a false pretext about something makes the movie suffer in my opinion. It almost puts the "focus" of the film ahead of its actual production and the fundamental aspects of the film such as acting suffer as a result of it.… Expand

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Metascore
42 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 34 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 34
  3. Negative: 8 out of 34
  1. Total Film
    Reviewed by: Ken McIntyre
    Jan 21, 2013
    40
    The leads are fine, but the movie's about as fun as summer school.
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  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    Sep 30, 2012
    20
    The film slowly reveals its true colors, pointing a fanatically accusatory finger at teachers' unions while using twisted Obama-esque sloganeering about "order" and "hope" to further its simplistically anticollectivist agenda.
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  3. Tampa Bay Times
    Reviewed by: Steve Persall
    Sep 30, 2012
    50
    Go see Won't Back Down and enjoy it. Just don't believe it's anything more than a stacked deck with a lot at stake.
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