Do you want to see ‘Dangerous Minds’?

Dangerous Minds (1995)

tomatometer

All Critics
Top Critics

Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 38
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 27

No consensus yet.

Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 8

No consensus yet.

audience

liked it
Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 96,433

My Rating

Added to your Facebook Timeline. — undo

Movie Info

In this drama, a school teacher discovers that it takes more than the ABCs to get through to a class of "uneducatable" kids. When Lou Anne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer), a nine-year veteran of the Marine Corps with a degree in education, begins a new job at an inner-city school in California, the principal (George Dzundza) warns her that her class will be the "rejects from Hell" -- kids with severe social problems and no interest in education. While at first her African-American and Latino

R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Drama

Directed By: John N. Smith

Written By: Ron Bass

In Theaters: Aug 11, 1995 Wide

On DVD: Jul 13, 1999

Cast

Michelle Pfeiffer
Louanne Johnson
George Dzundza
Hal Griffith
Courtney B. Vance
Mr. George Grandey
Robin Bartlett
Ms. Carla Nichols
Bruklin Harris
Callie Roberts
Renoly Santiago
Raul Sanchero
Skye Bassett
Jody
Paula Garc�s
Alvina
Richard Grant
Durrell Benton
Al Israel
Mr Santiego
Ebony Jerido
Deanne
Irene Olga Lopez
Woman #1/School Office
Sarah Marshall
Librarian #2
John Neville
Waiter
Bernie Pock
Stunt Student
Lorraine Toussaint
Irene Roberts
Beatrice Winde
Mary Benton
Karina Arroyave
Josy
Roman Cisneros
Mr Sanchero
Ivan Sergei
Huero
Wade Dominguez
Emilio

Critic Reviews for Dangerous Minds

All Critics (41) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (27) | DVD (3)

Pfeiffer gives a funny, scrappy performance that makes you feel a committed teacher's fire to make a difference.

May 12, 2001 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

The tale screenwriter Ronald Bass came up with, and the way director John N. Smith tells it, is stereotypical, predictable and simplified to the point of meaninglessness.

February 13, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

| Comment

Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

The movie pretends to show poor black kids being bribed into literacy by Dylan and candy bars, but actually it is the crossover white audience that is being bribed with mind-candy in the form of safe words by the two Dylans.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

| Comment

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

A no-frills, single-minded drama driven by Pfeiffer's totally committed performance.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee

| Comment

Joe Baltake

Sacramento Bee

Top Critic

Pfeiffer has a lot of good moments as Johnson.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Tom Keogh

Film.com

Top Critic

The movie has real emotional and reportorial credibility, a prime source of its power.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Detroit News

| Comment

Susan Stark

Detroit News

Top Critic

None of it rings the slightest bit true; all of it insults the intelligence.

December 26, 2006 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

| Comment

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

So whitebread I want to call everyone involved 'Urkle'.

March 8, 2004 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

| Comment (1)

eFilmCritic.com

Horrible. A waste. How was this ever a hit?

June 11, 2003 Comment (1)

Alex Sandell

Juicy Cerebellum

More Critic Reviews

Audience Reviews for Dangerous Minds

View All

I like movies like these, although its not as good as films like freedom writers, it is an entertaining enough movie. Its not the most inspirational drama that gives you the wow factor at the end of the movie but it is funny and keeps you interested. I absolutely love the soundtrack to this movie its amazing.

October 28, 2007

Film Crazy

Super Reviewer

Stereotypical, predictable and unrealistic.

May 15, 2007

Wildaly M.

Super Reviewer

Dangerous Minds Quotes

View All

No quotes approved yet for Dangerous Minds. Logged in users can submit quotes.

Character	Quote
	Enter quote here...	Delete

DVD

Top Rentals

54%	Safe House
29%	The Vow
94%	Mission: Impossible Ghost Protoc...
28%	Underworld Awakening
85%	Chronicle

More…

New On DVD This Week

54%	Safe House
42%	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
52%	John Carter
25%	Act of Valor
29%	Machine Gun Preacher

More…

Movies Like Dangerous Minds

Freedom Writers

Aarakshan

Waiting for Superman

View All

Latest News for Dangerous Minds

January 4, 2007:

Box Office Guru Preview: New Year Brings New Crop of Pics
Three new releases welcome in the new year this weekend, but moviegoers are likely to keep spending...

April 6, 2006:

Critical Consensus: Take Or Leave This "Lead,: An Odd "Number," "Benchwarmers"
This week at the movies, we explore the joys of dance ("Take the Lead"), mistaken identity...

View All