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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Sep 11, 2003
Pros: It's funny, warm, inspiring, and perceptive in its portrayal of teens and learning.
Cons: None worth mentioning, but several worth refuting: see review for details.
Summary: There are intelligent movie fans, even major critics, who hate the Dead Poets’ Society; hate it enough to still mention the fact 14 years after its release. I say this because, if you’re one of them, I ask that you stick around; I'll ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 22, 2012
Pros: Great story of thinking outside the box.
Cons: Slow at times.
Summary: A short review on a very well done Peter Weir film, "The Dead Poets Society." First Impressions: A private boys school in the late 1950s gets a teacher who is unorthodox in his teaching methods. We see how the other teachers ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 25, 2008
Pros: terrific cast, funny, inspirational
Cons: one character's decision is very frustrating
Summary: I'm not sure just when I watched Peter Weir's Dead Poets' Society for the first time. I heard of it when it arrived in theaters, as my uncle had seen it and mentioned it to us, but I was just a little tyke then, and it wasn't until much later ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 16, 2007
Pros: This is an an excellent film that explains the desire to write from the heart!
Cons: Only that I did not have an opportunity to see the movie earlier.
Summary: "Carpe Diem" is the Latin phrase that John Keating (Robin Williams) used to inspire his Freshmen students. I also find it a coincidence that the star's character name closely resembles one of the great English Romantic poets. I first saw this movie ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 23, 2007
Pros: The acting, the story, the closing scene.
Cons: It can be very painful to those who have had suicide in their family.
Summary: Setting: The fictional Welton Academy in Vermont (actually filled at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware). The year is 1959. Welton Academy is an expensive private college preparatory school, with a strong emphasis on discipline, rote ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 22, 2006
Pros: The plot, setting, characters, and dialogue
Cons: Society's retaliation toward a new way of living or thinking.
Summary: Being fully aware that this particular motion picture has raised numerous critics to the surface, I will begin by pointing out the fact that ANY film causing massive controversy, without question must be both powerful and extra-ordinary. Secondly, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 26, 2006
Pros: inspiring in a realistic way
not afraid to mention difficult topics such as suicide
Cons: not long enough :)
Summary: Having had to write a critique for this movie for my French class, I had to watch it while keeping an eye ope for aspects to put in my essay. Having said that, Dead Poets Society is an amazing film, and I'm quite selective about the movies I put ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 1, 2005
Pros: Serious quotes about philosophy in poetry; makes you think
Cons: Nothing at all, but ending could have been happier.
Summary: Note: I have decided to delete the previous review and start over all from scratch, so I hope that you who are reading will decide to give me another chance. There are many movies that show the true value of entertainment; Schindler's List, The ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 25, 2004
Pros: Cinematography is done very well
Cons: The whole premise is contrived and cliched ad nauseum
Summary: The first day of class that takes place in Dead Poet's Society, the English teacher, John Keating (played by "funnyman" Robin Williams), struts into the classroom full of students whilst whistling a merry tune, and proceeds to exit the room with due ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jun 1, 2003
Pros: Acting, screenplay, direction, score, technical aspects
Cons: None I can think of
Summary: There have not been many great directors that have come from the land known to you as Australia. Among these are Christopher Nolan (or the guy who directed Memento) and Philip Noyce (The Quiet American are among his list of film credits). ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 22, 2002
Pros: Great plot, scenarios, cast, emotions . . . etc., etc., etc.
Cons: None
Summary: First off, Dead Poets Society is my favorite film of all time. I could watch it over and over and . . . well, you get the idea.
I love writing to death, so this movie is a given likening to myself. Everything about it from the music, the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 9, 2002
Pros: a beautiful and classic movie that gives testimony to the courage of ordinary people
Cons: none that I can think of
Summary: "Most men live lives of quiet desperation." This is my favorite quote by John Keating in the whole movie. Perhaps it is the truth that is spoken from the very soul that strikes such a chord in me. Perhaps it does not have the same impact as "Carpe ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 11, 2001
Pros: good drama, good actors, good direction!
Cons: none
Summary: "Dead poets society" is one of my favourite films!
Here Robin Williams leaves "fantasy" clothes (as you can see in Mork
and Peter Pan) in order to dress those more serious and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 19, 2001
Pros: Inspirational plot line, theatrical actors, wonderful script.
Cons: Some issues are sensitive, and may not be good for young viewers.
Summary: You can accomplish anything that you dream. Your life is meaningful, and someone believes in you. Each and every person on this earth is unique, with their own special talents and their own wonderful accomplishments. What will be your contribution to ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 19, 2001
Pros: Fine performances by some then unknown actors.
Cons: A bit melodramatic at times.
Summary: Imagine your first day of class having your instructor encouraging you to rip out the Preface in your textbook! So begins "Dead Poet's Society". Robin Williams plays a rather subdued (for him) role as a poetry professor at a New England boys' private ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 15, 2001
Pros: Makes you laugh, cry and all the other feelings one can think of.
Cons: none
Summary: This movie is one of the best movies ever produced. If you want a movie that can make you feel just about every emotion you can in two hours, this movie is for you!
I first saw this movie when I was younger. I liked it immediately, as I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 8, 2001
Pros: An influential movie with a powerful message and superb acting
Cons: "Seize the Day" has entered the American vernacular - over-quoted these days
Summary: It's funny how in the middle of a song, book or movie, that one memorable line pops from the page or screen and makes you stop and think. On a cold and wet Sunday afternoon, an old school friend and I found ourselves in our nearest movie ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 19, 2001
Pros: Robin Williams gives a stellar performance, accurate depiction of boarding life
Cons: None
Summary: As a former student of The Darlington School in Rome, GA, this film hit home for me more than perhaps any other I've seen in a while. Robin Williams' performance as Mr. Keating was so reminicent of my teachers, Saunders, Powell, and Birch, that I felt ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 27, 2000
Pros: Well meaning
Cons: Not well developed, now comes off as naive
Summary: The talents of Robin Williams are wasted in "Dead Poets Society."
Williams plays John Keating, an English teacher at an exclusive prep school in the 1950s. Keating wages a war against the blue-blooded administration by encouraging ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 20, 2000
Pros: it's an ode to life
Cons: you could get attached to it
Summary: "dead poets' society" should be included in a list of top 100 films one should dare not miss in his or her entire lifetime.shame on you if you haven't seen it yet!and life certainly is wasted on you if you have failed to see its beauty.since ... read more
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