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Movie Overview
Cast
• Robin Williams
• Robert Sean Leonard
• Ethan Hawke
Director
• Peter Weir
MPAA Rating
PG
Dead Poets Society (1989)

REVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 82% Fresh
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B-
"A bundle of growing pain blues, flamboyant declarations of self, and doomsday faculty foul-ups, and it cooks when delivered in big batches of adolescent passion."  BrianOrndorf.com  Brian Orndorf

5/5
"The best stories and performances, one of the greatest films of the 1980s and a rare classic that should be treasured."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

1.5/4
"It's a tearjerker where the tears come not from the heart, but from the aching mind; we cry not because of the sad situations, but because of its ludicrous attempts at being sad."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

"The film makes us, the audience, take a long hard look at what inspires us, what governs our motivations and determines our actions. It emotes feelings rarely felt in the movies these days."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  David N. Butterworth

"Celebrates nonconformity and freethinking as an adventure worthy of emulation — not your usual movie theme these days."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"As consistent and nearly as understated a performance as Robin Williams would give later in Good Will Hunting."  Reel.com  James Plath

5/10
"Dead Poets Society adds little to the genre that hasn't been said before and aims, instead, at familiar stereotypes and overly obvious tugs at the heartstrings."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

4.5/5
"Part of what makes Dead Poet's Society so great is that it challenges you to think. It can inspire you to be more than a simple cog in a wheel."  7M Pictures  Kevin Carr

"In a field of films about drugs, car chases, and plastic monsters, Dead Poets Society is a good choice."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

9/10
"Watch "Dead Poets Society" and you'll see the efforts of a filmmaker who has his own loving style in making movies."  Screen It!  Rory L. Aronsky

4/5
"For all its formula, it sure does feel like Dead Poets Society comes from a sincere place."  DVDTalk.com  Scott Weinberg
OFCS Rating: 82% Fresh
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