Please Don't Make Me Gag, Mr. Chips

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2008)

A message about the value of non-conformity comes packaged in an utterly formulaic and treacly film.
"Dead Poets Society" belongs to that genre of films about an unconventional teacher who becomes a major figure in the lives of his students. Usually these movies end with the teacher either dying or leaving his position for some reason or another, but almost invariably we must endure a scene where the music swells and his students applaud him in unison.
Robin Williams stars as the teacher in this one, and the Academy gave him a Best Actor nomination because he cried.
Grade: C+