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Dangerous Minds

1995Movie1 h 39 minR

Drama
53
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6Letterboxd3.3/5Metacritic466.5Rotten Tomatoes36%64%
53
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6Letterboxd3.3/5Metacritic466.5Rotten Tomatoes36%64%

Summary

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Background watch

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  • Lifts you up.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Hits close to home.
  • Warms you up.

Not for scares or laughs.

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Tropes

Do Not Go Gentlein 137 titlesA memorable recitation of the Trope Namer poem takes place at the end of the film, just as Johnson is about to give up, feeling overwhelmed and impotent to make a difference.Adaptational Wimpin 750 titlesIn the Cracked article with her, Johnson, a former Marine Corps officer, commented on the absurdity of the scene at the beginning, in which she runs out of the room crying after a student sexually ha…All 16 tropes

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