Freedomland

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Julianne Moore describes meeting her actorly match in Samuel L. Jackson. Sam Jackson and Julianne Moore get to the heart of their new thriller 'Freedomland' with the help of AOL members. Moore and Jackson can't keep from cracking up when discussing the effect of acting on their lives. Sam Jackson mentions the nice thing he did during shooting for a woman who lived near the set.

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Based on the best-selling novel by Richard Price, this explosive thriller stars Academy Award(r) nominees Samuel L. Jackson (1994, Best Supporting Actor, Pulp Fiction) and Julianne Moore (2002, Best Actress, Far From Heaven) and Golden Globe(r) winner Edie Falco ("The Sopranos"). When Brenda Martin (Moore) claims her car was stolen with her son in the backseat, the chilling accusation sparks an intense investigation led by Detective Lorenzo Council (Jackson). The frenzy to find her son escalates into an explosive nightmare of suspicion and accusation, and the search for the truth leads to riveting action, disturbing revelations, and a shocking ending.

Critics Consensus: Poorly directed and overacted, Freedomland attempts to address sensitive race and class issues but its overzealousness misses the mark.

A criminal investigation into an alleged kidnapping of a child by a suspect who is presumed to be a local from the projects ignites long-simmering racial tension between two neighboring New Jersey towns. (Sony Pictures)

I'm not really sure how to characterize Freedomland.Marketed as a mystery-thriller, it doesn't quite manage to be either. The script is a mess, badly lacking inthree rather crucial elements: plot, substance, and character developme

'Freedomland' assembles the elements for a superior thriller, but were the instructions lost when the box was opened? It begins with a compelling story about a woman whose car is hijacked with her 4-year-old son inside. It adds racial tension, and the bulldog detective work of a veteran police detective. And then it flies to pieces with unmotivated scenes, inexplicable dialogue, and sudden conclusions which may be correct but arrive from nowhere. The film seems edited none too wisely from a longer version that made more sense.

An alleged carjacking and a missing child tear a neighborhood apart and turn a city upside down. But they're only the beginning for grieving mother Julianne Moore.

Freedomland (2006) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Directed by Joe Roth. With Julianne Moore, Samuel L. Jackson, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard. A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

Based on the best selling novel, this explosive action thriller stars Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore.

Freedomland is a 2006 American crime drama-mystery film directed by Joe Roth, and stars Samuel L. Jackson and Julianne Moore. Richard Price adapted his novel of the same name, which touches on themes of covert racism.