Higher Learning

if you thought this movie was one sided as far as racism goes, then you missed the whole point of the movie. although racism, was displayed, by white people, it was also displayed by us. the movie, was just putting across... Full review

Is this John Singleton's idea of getting back at whitey, let's see - the rapist is a white guy in this movie and the thugs go to the frat house looking for him not because he raped a white girl but... Full review

Its been a while sinse i seen this movie its not to bad of a movie , kinda interesting story , a few stories going on , but it seems the major focus of this movie is the racism displayed by... Full review

This movie is completly unrealistic and does nothing but incourage hatred between blacks and whites. How many oh you actually know nazi? And how many of them are planning to shoot people at a track meet. This movie dosen't just suck,... Full review

First one has to take into account the time period this film was made in. 1995. Rappers were in it, and that added to the flair of it.Remy was a socially awkward teen trying to find his way and couldn't,... Full review

i clearly love this movie it shows the problems that different races go through in the starting of the first year in college.to show sexism is real and does occur in the real world. and just because colleges have blue-light programs... Full review

The only way to get anything out of this film is to approach it as a comedy. Seen in that light, it does deliver. If you're looking for a serious movie, look somewhere else. This film has absolutely no depth and... Full review

One of the worst movies I've seen. SO biased. The guy who plays the gunman skinhead is a Jew in real life. What a joke. As expected, the whites are so racist and the blacks are just good college kids. Also,... Full review

this movie is such crap. i mean, it's so hard to express how crappy this movie is. i mean, calling this movie crappy is almost a compliment. i don't believe any of the characters in this movie, their actions are not... Full review

This movie shows the truth in many ways. Now I am not saying white people act like that. All people can be racist. The whits and blacks in this movie were being racist. I beleive this movie shows what racisim can... Full review

Colors throughout the film are natural and well saturated, flesh tones are accurate, and blacks are decent. I've seen Higher Learning several times now and to me, it remains a very powerful film. ... Full Review

a playful scene....Despite a weakness for trying to tie things up with melodramatic violence, Singleton remains a fluid filmmaker who works well with actors.....the film's most interesting performance....Ice Cube as Fudge....the best director.... ... Full Review

What "Higher Learning" does have difficulty doing is making a coherent whole out of its mass of shifting focuses. Too many of the people in "Higher Learning," like Taryn the feminist, tend to come off as billboards more than people, staking out positions when they should be becoming human, a difficulty that extends to two of the film's most revered characters, Fudge and Professor Maurice Phipps (the always magnetic Laurence Fishburne). ... Full Review

Still, Singleton's willingness to take risks makes this a worthy, thoughtful film. Singleton's agenda in "Higher Learning' is ambitious, and it is no grave discredit to the 27-year-old filmmaker that he hasn't managed to meet all of it. ... Full Review

In fact, about the only pleasure in watching the film is in seeing just how naive and silly it can get. But the skinheads throw ``Higher Learning'' into such a clear-cut moral framework that subtleties go out the window. ... Full Review

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This is a movie about college. It is not like American Pie or Road Trip in that it is not a comedy. This looks at some of the hardships and problems that people encounter in college. ... Full Article

There are actually many common threads between the movies Higher Learning and American History X. Both of the movies consist of a series of characters in short vignettes that face many issues in life, including racism, prejudice, episodes with white... ... Full Article

After gaining his chops as a young rapper in the late '80s on the mean streets of South Central Los Angeles, then morphing into one of America's most successful and controversial hip-hoppers with the group N.W.A. and then as a... ... Full Article

The film "Higher Learning" raised a lot of issues that will make people think. One of the first things is the title "Higher Learning". There is the literal meaning which means an institution such as a college where you can... ... Full Article

John Singleton is all of 26 years old now, and struggling to keep from repeating himself. In 1991 he made a movie named "Boyz N the Hood." ... Full Article