Part of what makes Dead Poet's Society so great is that it challenges you to think. It can inspire you to be more than a simple cog in a wheel.
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02/19/06
Dead Poets Society (1989)
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Reviews Counted:45
Fresh:38
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: An unconventional New England prep school teacher inspires his students with poetry and encourages them to embrace life. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Picture, Best Actor--Robin... [More]
Starring: Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles
Director: Peter Weir
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01/29/03
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08/14/02
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05/06/05
A bundle of growing pain blues, flamboyant declarations of self, and doomsday faculty foul-ups, and it cooks when delivered in big batches of adolescent passion.
08/26/09
The moral divisions set up between characters are childishly overdrawn; and, worst of all, the behavior shown by the boys and adults frequently reeks of falsity and contrivance.
07/18/07
Top CriticNot the worst of the countless recent movies about good kids and hidebound, authoritatian older people. It may, however, be the most shameless in its attempt to pander to an adolescent audience.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's a tearjerker where the tears come not from the heart, but from the aching mind; we cry not because of the sad situations, but because of its ludicrous attempts at being sad.
01/01/00
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05/30/04
Robin Williams at his tolerable best.
08/09/07
All the performances are excellent, particularly the complex shadings of Leonard, but Williams is especially memorable.
01/01/00
For all its formula, it sure does feel like Dead Poets Society comes from a sincere place.
01/11/06
Dead Poets Society adds little to the genre that hasn't been said before and aims, instead, at familiar stereotypes and overly obvious tugs at the heartstrings.
01/08/06
Great movie, and one of the few films where Williams didn't annoy me to no end.
03/18/03
Though sentimental and contrived, this valentine to charismatic, dedicated teachers is extremely well acted (even by Robin Williams) and it does make you feel good about loving literature and poetry when most of your classmates detested these subjects.
03/20/08
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01/17/05
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08/08/07
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06/12/03
The best stories and performances, one of the greatest films of the 1980s and a rare classic that should be treasured.
01/01/00
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