Carpe diem!

Rating: Null/10 (6 March 2003)

DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) ***1/2 Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Kurtwood Smith. "Mr. Chips" ala Mork: Williams is top notch in neutral as an effectively motivational English teacher at an all boys prep school in 1959. Some fine pieces of acting particularly Hawke in the film's most memorable moment where he must make up a poem on the spot. Fine direction by Peter Weir and an Oscar for its screenplay by Tom Schulman. Carpe diem!