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• amdonahue

  Posted: 3/14/2010 4:10:22 PM

  Truly great little film! Well acted by Williams, the viewer can see that he used this role as a "jumping off point" for his role in "Good Will Hunting." Many of my students have begun watching this film, which I find adorable. What makes me happiest as an English teacher is film helps me argue that literature and the study of literature and poetry is its own reward. To live an inspired life, to understand the world around you and to communicate effectively and passionately to others is the foundation of our existence. This movie begs young people to experience more, to never be satisfied and to move forward in life.

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  Wonderful film! An inspired tale about finding passion in the world around. Trying to go further, reach more and to become part of a larger world. Robin Williams is excellent in this role which he plays in a welcomed understated manner. This is a nice jumping off point for his later role in Good Will Hunting. His heartbreak over the death of student Neil Perry is genuine and sincere in his performance. Neil, played by Robert Sean Leonard, gives a solid performance as a young man too easily incited to rebellion by a teacher. While I appreciate the character is just seemed a little too quick of a change from "goodie two shoes does what daddy says" to "let's go into the woods and read poems and then I can try out for a play". Think Anakan Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith... "I'm not bad (pause) Okay, I'm a bad." Ethan Hawke gives a wonderful performance as the shy Todd Anderson, a transfer student who takes the Carpe Deim attitude to heart and allows it to help him find his voice. What makes this movie wonderful is its ability to inspire students of today. In today's classroom where passing that ONE TEST has become paramount even over talent and intellectual curiosity, helping students discover their voice as writers, speakers and young adults is becoming harder and harder. This movie is a fun watch, a good story and a nice piece of film.

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