Dead Poets Society (1989)


At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Dead Poets Society (1989)

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Released Year: 1989
Runtime: 128 minutes
Genre: Drama
Directors: Peter Weir

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At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

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100
San Francisco Chronicle - Unnamed
Hurrah! Poetry and passion, comedy and tragedy are fused into one absolutely marvelous affirmation of independent spirit in Dead Poets Society. [2 June 1989, Daily Notebook, p.E1]
100
Mr. Showbiz - Unnamed
One of Australian director Peter Weir's most sensitive films.
100
The New Yorker - Pauline Kael
The picture draws out the obvious and turns itself into a classic. [26 June 1989]
90
Washington Post - Desson Thomson
Sure, the heroes and villains are arranged in a convenient moral gallery. But the performances, Weir's adroit direction and John Seale's superb cinematography take care of that banality.
90
The New Republic - Stanley Kauffmann
Nothing about this film sounds, as described, novel. Yet it grips, because it has been made with plentiful feeling and vigor. [June 26, 1989]

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