a feel-good film

Rating: 5/10 (13 November 2005)

'Dead Poet's Society' is a film about a professor who teaches poetry to a classroom full of boys so that poetry can be respected and appreciated. It's a film that has gained a pretty good following over the years. I've known this film to change the lives of some people a little bit and to appreciate life more. In short, it is one of the feel-good films with a good moral.
A comparable film (in some ways) is 'Mona Lisa Smile' which features a professor at an all-girl's school who teaches art history. Then, there was that film who had a professor of English teach military students how to appreciate literature and Hamlet. Each of these films shows how the students grow and begin to appreciate learning.
Well done. I wouldn't call this the greatest film, but it's a job well done.