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To Sir With Love (1967)
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Novelist James Clavell wrote, produced, and directed this 1967 British film (based on a novel by E.R. Braithwaite) about a rookie teacher who throws out stock lesson plans and really takes command of his unruly, adolescent students in a London school. Poitier is very good as a man struggling with the extent of his commitment to the job, and even more as a teacher whose commitment is to proffering life lessons instead of academics. The spirit of this movie can be found in such recent films as Dangerous Minds and Mr. Holland's Opus, but none is as moving as this one. Besides, the others don't have a title song performed by pop...
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| To Sir With Love Movie Review by Douglas (9/7/2007) |
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Poitier was never better (not even in Lilies of the Field). Excellent support from the actors portraying out-of-control students. The storyline didn't have the grit and grime of some of the other teacher-student films, but it was solid. Some probably thought he won some of the students over too easily, but I thought...
(complete To Sir With Love review by Douglas)
Watching the Sidney Poitier films of the 1960's is not an easy experience. We like to forget that not so long ago, it was a shock to see an African-American man who was articulate, educated and dressed well, and that such an image caused white people to behave incredibly offensively. Here Poitier plays a teacher in the...
(complete To Sir With Love review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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