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Dead Poets Society

Dead Poets Society

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The arrival of an unorthodox, inspiring teacher to a conservative '50s boarding school has a huge, controversial impact in this famed,...

CertificatePG

Duration123 mins

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  • Oscar, 19
  • 188 reviews

O captain my captain, carpe dentum! Seize the teeth!

5 stars

03 Mar 2024

I found that Robin Williams was a marvel in the film, delivering a light-hearted pizzazz to the film (this is Robin Williams after all), and when the story wanted, a more serious one, much like the rest of the cast.

And when the story wants to be sad, it makes you feel sad! Delivering a story of how being a bad parent ruins lives. And carpe diem and what not.

A little fun fact for you, Robin Williams would later reference this in Mrs Doubtfire by saying "carpe dentum; seize the teeth." This is actually a mistranslation, carpe dentum is a real Latin phrase you can actually say but it actually means pick a tooth, not seize the teeth.

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