one of the most overrated films ever made (spoiler warning)...

Rating: Null/10 (2 February 2001)

Yep, you heard me right.
Sorry to burst the bubble of the Academy and the viewing public, but "Dead Poets Society" is not a good film. At all.
Everything about it is wrong. WRONG. Williams is supposed to instill a love for poetry in his students. All I saw instilled was a love for him. The dead poets society, as it is called, prances around in the middle of the night like fools, reciting poetry and acting all around weird. I didn't feel any meaning in this, other than a director's weak attempt to portray students who love poetry without having any idea how to do so.

The story is about as syrupy and unsensational as it gets. The screenplay won an Academy Award??? Further proof that awards don't make films good. I remember multiple scenes which made me cringe out of disgust.

A boy kills himself because his father won't let him pursue his acting dreams? Give me a break! If I buy that one, you guys must have some bridges to sell me...
Ivy League students stand on their desks, reciting Whitman, when their beloved teacher is fired. I've got a Yorkshire Terrier here that could devise a slightly less ridiculous and pretentious ending for you.
Inspiring? "Dead Poets Society" is a film with no understanding of itself or its meaning, yet it dares to hide behind the veil of inspiration.

It's like a house built on a landfill--bearable, perhaps interesting at first, but once you begin to dig, all there is to find is garbage.
2/10
but hey, that's just my $.02