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Dead Poets Society (1989)

Drama | 128 minutes
3,55 1.679 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 128 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Peter Weir

Stars: Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard

IMDb score: 8,1 (571.642)

Releasedate: 2 June 1989

Dead Poets Society plot

"He was their inspiration. He made their lives extraordinary."

Keating (Robin Williams) teaches English in 1959 at a genteel boarding school for boys with iron discipline. His philosophy 'the purpose of education is to think for yourself' is not well received by the staff and the parents, but has made him extremely popular with the students. The film's emphasis is on the development of a small group of boys who take Keating's lessons to heart with tragic consequences.

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John Keating

Todd Anderson

Knox Overstreet

Charlie Dalton

Richard Cameron

Gerard Pitts

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Movsin

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One of the very best performances by Robin Williams in a film by Peter Weir, which still does a good job and is at the level of what I already appreciated from that man ("Witness", "The Way Back", "Master and Commander",...).

Film tells the story of a group of boarding school boys who, contrary to the strict and rigid traditions and guidelines of the school, are oriented by a teacher to establish their own opinion and vision of people and things.

In the middle part, the film threatens to slide into some ordinary coming-on-age, but in the meantime there have been beautiful scenes (the "rip-it" scene, the "on the desk" scene...). The ending also impresses and in the end it is also true that, in addition to an unparalleled Williams, all those young guests provide solid and credible acting performances.

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remorz

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strong.

When revised, the long playing time in particular comes out less well. It takes Weir a long time to sketch the oppressive atmosphere of the overdisciplined school and also the way in which he lets his boys taste and pick life under the guidance of the non-conformist Williams.

Anyway, if the progress is known, the steps may feel a bit small, I can remember that in the past I felt the fervent desire of the boys ignited with every step, every poem and every undertaking. In addition to the encouragement of their teacher, their mutual dynamics also feel very credible. Especially the interaction between roommates Neil and Todd sparkles and excites.

If the film manages to drag you along through the willfulness of Williams, through the gate of poetry to real life, the secret freedom and pleasure, the pay-off of the moment will justify the long running time. If it doesn't, you're probably looking at a dozen morons standing on their desks. It still gets to me. Not as intense as when I first watched it (when I was about the boys' age), but the film still preaches something I believe in. And it is itself the source of inspiration, which is so vividly depicted in the film as teacher Keating. 4*

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Lovelyboy

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A film that once made more of an impression, nevertheless still a decent drama.

The setting of the 1960s boarding school is fascinating, a time and place where mainly old rules and iron discipline reign. Something that the parents do over and over again at home, in the case of Perry of course. Williams is already a strange duck in the bite, who already colors too much outside the lines within the conservative world. Yet with his engaging approach he knows how to touch the boys more than anything and, in this case, focuses on his own identity and awareness, and not the uniformity that the school makes of it.

In the film, of course, the budding teenagers clash with their yearning for the world versus the rigid regime, but also the 'free thinker' Keating. A difference that is now and then presented in a subtle way and with a wink. Drama is no drama without drama and so all 'riots' take a heavy toll with the question of who is now responsible. Williams is guilty, though briefly, the family's suicide and reaction comes across as quite intense.

Dead Poets Society is a solid drama with a controlled and convincing Williams. The boys, in turn, are all doing well. Yet the film no longer knows how to find the chord it used to touch.

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