DON'T FALL FOR THIS MOVIE!

Rating: 3/10 (24 February 2004)

Many people think this is a great movie, but it isn't. This movie was incredibly cliche and sappy. The ending is so dumb I wanted to throw up. Watch and you will see what I mean. This movie gets an important idea wrong. If this teacher was a great one, the students would love the poetry they were reading rather than the teacher himself. I don't think the kids learned the greatness of the words they were reciting in the movie. Here are some other things that bothered me:
1. The students weren't good actors with the exception of Ethan Hawke 2. The scenes where Dead Poet's Society meetings take place are horribly written. 3. The screenplay takes every easy way out instead of finding a more clever and satisfying solution. 4. It is full of cliches like the disapproving parent walking in through the back door during their child's big performance. 5. The love story is stupid, pointless, and distracting. Although I liked one or two scenes, the movie dose not impress me. If you don't agree, watch the movie carefully, and you'll realize it only tugs at your heart strings because the movie was created to do only that and not to create intelligent afterthought. This movie is one simple, retarded, and under intelligent audiences.