Dangerous Minds

Name: Dangerous Minds
Released: 1995-8-11
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza

Dangerous Minds

R
1h 39m
1995

33%

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Former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, a first-time high school teacher assigned to a class of tough but smart inner city students. When conventional methods fail to reach them, the feisty Ms. Johnson tries the unconventional -- defying the rules and creating her own curriculum! In the process, she instills a new self-confidence in her students -- motivating them toward their greatest potential.

Director:

John N. Smith

Producer:

Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer

Writer:

Ronald Bass

Cast:

Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

33%

Critics Consensus: Rife with stereotypes that undermine its good intentions, Dangerous Minds is too blind to see that the ones it hurts are the audience.

Reviews

Women in the Life

Sheila Reid

If you liked Sidney Portier in To Sir With Love, this is the film for you.

[Dangerous Minds] tells a story that, frankly, we've heard before. Yet it tells that story with such piercing emotion that it seems brand new.

The film is able to overcome its faults through an uplifting finale; it may be formulaic, but the inspirational model is entirely effective.

Cliches, stereotypes, mixed messages in '90s school drama.

July 29, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Christian Science Monitor

David Sterritt

Movie stars have tamed sassy kids in movies from The Blackboard Jungle to Stand and Deliver, but it's hard to remember an example more patronizing or sentimentalized than this one.

March 29, 2019

FULL REVIEW