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- 1992
- PG-13
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 46 m
- 1992
- PG-13
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 46 m
Summary Set in the 1950s, a star-quarterback is given an opportunity to attend an elite preparatory school but must conceal the fact that he is Jewish.
Directed By: Robert Mandel
Written By: Dick Wolf, Darryl Ponicsan
- 1992
- PG-13
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 46 m
- 1992
- PG-13
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 46 m
School Ties
65
6.8
Where to Watch
Summary Set in the 1950s, a star-quarterback is given an opportunity to attend an elite preparatory school but must conceal the fact that he is Jewish.
Directed By: Robert Mandel
Written By: Dick Wolf, Darryl Ponicsan
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
65
67% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
24% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
65
67% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
24% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
10% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
School Ties is a completely satisfying entertainment with an authentic sense of period, characterization and compelling drama. If there is any justice in this world, this affecting tale of injustice will find a wide audience to share its magic. [18 Sept 1992, p.8]
School Ties might have been more potent if it were set in the present instead of 1955; still, it's richly drawn, strongly felt, handsomely produced, with a smoldering performance by Brendan Fraser. [18 Sept 1992, p.56]
In illuminating how upper-class bigotry can encompass both the actively fascist and the politely passive, School Ties is actually one of the more realistic — and least insufferable — entries in the recent prep-school genre.
More notable perhaps for a roster of future stars and Oscar winners than for its unexceptional plot, this well executed film nevertheless has its charms.
School Ties is powerful, but it cheats, too -- and the inspiring climax is telegraphed well in advance. What seems worse, though, is the movie's timidity on ground that has been well tested since A Gentleman's Agreement almost 50 years ago. [18 Sept 1992, p.G4]
Mandel and producer Sherry Lansing have obviously put their whole into the creation of what ought to have been a riveting and powerful film. Instead, School Ties ends up about as memorable as a plate of gefilte fish.
Nobly intended and about half baked, School Ties is a slightly glorified ``Afterschool Special`` that might function as an introduction to the evils of anti-Semitism for sheltered teens.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
6.8
27% Positive
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73% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
6.8
27% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
73% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
0% Negative
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Production Company
Paramount Pictures
Release Date Sep 18, 1992
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Just Because You're Accepted Doesn't Mean You Belong.
Awards
Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
Political Film Society, USA
• 1 Nomination
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
