The movie revolves around the hard work of John Keating, free spirited, excited English teacher as he attempts to stir his students so they can look for the passion of poetry hidden inside them.
4 August 1945, Tacoma, Washington, USA
15 August 1929, New York City, New York, USA
5 March 1971, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
6 November 1970, Austin, Texas, USA
15 September 1971, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2 October 1945, Houston, Texas, USA
22 June 1932, Auburn, New York, USA
21 October 1960, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
1971, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
24 March 1970, Davenport, Iowa, USA
21 July 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
16 February 1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
28 May 1972, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
August 18, 2014
I can't help but melt underneath this movie: it chisels away the cynic and gets at the sap.
July 18, 2007
Story sings whenever Williams is onscreen. Screen belongs just as often to Leonard, who as Neil has a quality of darting confidence mixed with hesitancy. Hawke, as the painfully shy Todd, gives a haunting performance.
July 18, 2007
The moral divisions set up between characters are childishly overdrawn; and, worst of all, the behavior shown by the boys and adults frequently reeks of falsity and contrivance.
June 01, 2016
On the surface Robin Williams appears to be giving his standard performance as Prof. Keating - witty, sincere and lovable. But there's much more here.
January 26, 2006
Weir infuses the film with his customary mysticism, but more importantly, draws sensitive performances from his largely inexperienced cast.
April 23, 2011
Falters when it goes for too much heart-tugging manipulation.
January 02, 2011
Inspiring, intense story of a teacher and his students.
January 09, 2012
Williams keeps a stiff upper lip, showing a more sedate and sensitive side, and the Oscar-winning screenplay provides a strong backbone.
January 20, 2012
It's not so easy to dismiss Dead Poets Society. For all its faults, it still has as much power as it ever did.
August 24, 2010
Beautifully directed and with an Oscar-winning story.
August 24, 2010
Williams, who has comparatively little screen time, has come to act, not to cut comic riffs, and he does so with forceful, ultimately compelling, simplicity.
May 20, 2003
The movie undercuts Mr. Williams's exceptionally fine performance, making the character seem more of a dubious fool than is probably intended.
