Dead Poets Society

Synopsis

A teacher returns to his boarding school to teach English and challenge his students to think for themselves. This ends up going against the schools vision and creates turmoil that none of them could have predicted.

Review

I can't believe that I have never watched this entire movie before this. It honestly still stands up to today.

Let us start with how outstanding Robin Williams was. I am so sad that he isn't around speaking that he made such an impact on so many people in my generation. I still think about Flubber from time to time, Bicentennial Man, Hook, and his stand-up specials. Love his work. He does so well as does Robert Leonard who I know mostly from House where he is still so good speaking that this is so many years previous.

The story is something that I don't think would do well in theaters nowadays. It would for sure when some awards, but I don't think it would do well for the box office numbers. It just isn't telling a story that has enough movement now. This is a coming of age story that I think people would relate to, the pressures of matching parents expectations, but we just don't have those anymore.

My Rating

This movie drew me in. Just seeing all these actors that I know from movies and TV shows that you would see today, like SWAT, and House. It tells a wonderful story that I really can relate to, minus going to a boarding school, that if I had watched it earlier, might have inspired me to be a teacher. I am giving this an 8.

Parental Rating

There is a lot of language, some adult conversations, and an isolated picture of a nude model. Based on the rules, I think both of them would approve. However, I think my dad would be upset with the language long before my mom stopped watching because she likes Robin Williams as well.

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