Good story, not great plot

Rating: 7/10 (2 October 2016)

This film is about a teacher who shows his students that they can dare to follow their dreams and be great.
The characters were greatly developed, there is more to find out about them than what is shown to us, and that makes them more human and believable. The Dead Poets Society is not just about high school kids reading poems at night, but about young people daring for the first time to question themselves and authority figures, as well as to "Seize the day".
There were still some things I found hard to believe, like Mr Keating (Robin Williams) not really teaching poetry but making them stand up in chairs, playing soccer and walking in circles. The examples of the kids daring to do "great" things are not that great; Would you really go to a girls school to read her a poem in front of her boyfriend? Would you really commit suicide because your father doesn't approve your acting and wants to send you to a military academy?
Overall, Williams gives a great performance and the cast works great together, it is well shot and the suicide scene is very powerful and memorable. The story is great, but the execution and plot points were not convincing to me.