Robin Williams has tarnished his reputation somewhat in recent years with an upsetting leaning towards sentimentality, but back in 1989, he turned in what was quite possibly the performance of his life in Dead Poets Society.
Also showcasing the talents of Robert Sean Leonard and a young Ethan Hawke, the film tells of a group of broading school students whose rigid world is upturned by the arrival of an unorthodox English teacher (Williams). Inspired to reform an old subversive literature club, the impassioned students spend their evenings "sucking the marrow out of life", but their newfound love of life does not sit well against the school's austere attitude, and their gentle rebellion spirals towards tragedy.
Visually sumptuous, Dead Poets Society is a perfectly moulded drama.
My rating: 8/10
Also showcasing the talents of Robert Sean Leonard and a young Ethan Hawke, the film tells of a group of broading school students whose rigid world is upturned by the arrival of an unorthodox English teacher (Williams). Inspired to reform an old subversive literature club, the impassioned students spend their evenings "sucking the marrow out of life", but their newfound love of life does not sit well against the school's austere attitude, and their gentle rebellion spirals towards tragedy.
Visually sumptuous, Dead Poets Society is a perfectly moulded drama.
My rating: 8/10