Dangerous Minds
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- Synopsis
- In this drama, a school teacher discovers that it takes more than the ABCs to get through to a class of "uneducatable" kids. When Lou Anne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer), a nine-year veteran of the Marine Corps with a degree in education, begins a new ......
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- Director(s)
- John N. Smith
- Distributor(s)
- Buena Vista
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 99 min.
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Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites
And Pfeiffer gives a funny, scrappy performance that makes you feel a committed teacher's fire to make a difference.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Edward GuthmannAdd Critic to Favorites
Dangerous Minds doesn't drop the sentimental conventions of the good-teacher Hollywood drama but reconstitutes them with strong performances, sensitive direction by Canadian film maker John N. Smith ("The Boys of St. Vincent") and a firm belief that teachers can and will make a difference in a person's life.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites
While films are admired for making fantasy real, some manage a reverse, unwanted kind of alchemy, turning involving reality into meaningless piffle.Read the full review
