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VHS : Dangerous MindsIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance, Robin Bartlett, Beatrice Winde directed by: John N. Smith  List Price: $9.99 Price: $3.49 You Save: $6.50 (65%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780788803956 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0788803956 Label: Walt Disney Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Walt Disney Video Release Date: August 13, 2002 Running Time: 99 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Video Theatrical Release Date: August 11, 1995 Sales Rank: 16849 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Top Hollywood star Michelle Pfeiffer (I AM SAM, WHAT LIES BENEATH) is the driving force behind this gripping and uplifting smash hit! Based on an incredible true-life story -- Pfeiffer is 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. Critically acclaimed and powered by a riveting star performance, DANGEROUS MINDS is hard-hitting, crowd-pleasing entertainment you won't soon forget! Amazon.com: This "To Ma'am with Love" is much more an escapist popcorn movie than the inner-city document its marketing suggested. Michelle Pfeiffer plays real-life former Marine Louanne Johnson, a high school English teacher who meets resistance from kids and administration alike at a tough urban school in Northern California. Pfeiffer is good, and her character's overall development even survives various post-production story cuts. (A romance with Andy Garcia's character was completely eliminated before release; Garcia is nowhere in sight.) The actors who play Johnson's students are also fine, and the whole film becomes the latest in a long tradition of sentimental movies about teachers who change the lives of kids. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Nothing special hereI haven't seen Dangerous Minds for ages, apart from bits on TV on holiday, which I wasn't really paying attention to at the time. When I found it on DVD for cheap, I bought it. As soon as I put this DVD on, and it started up, I remembered all the characters instantly. I even remembered what happened in the movie. But really, there's nothing new here that hasn't been done a thousand times before, and better. The story is pretty generic, and is almost a direct copy of what ... Read More Rating:  - dangerous Mindsthe best real life drama I have seen in years it is one of my favorite movies it took some time to find it on DVD have worn out the VHS tape I had of this movie. Rating:  - Give me a break!Louanne Johnson really needs to stop patting herself on the back for her work as a "teacher." She was not a teacher - she was a SUBSTITUTE teacher, one who quit after only a few months. People like Luanne Johnson are the exact OPPOSITE of what students, especially urban students, need. She was just one more person who walked out on them. The real heroes in education are those who stay in the fight with their students, managing to balance their passion for education and dedication to their students ... Read More Rating: - Great film with an awesome messageIt's not often that I write reviews like this, but thought I would in this case. I remember, eerily enough, when this movie came out in 1995. Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" came out in August of that year and was an instant hit, topping the Billboards for two, three months straight. I was only 13 then. The movie itself was really good. The acting was great and the depiction of inner-city life was stellar. I thought it was a shame that it was only given two stars by the Movie ... Read More Rating: - Danger Never Looked So Good!Or plodded along so predictably ... now I'm not trying to say Michelle Pfeiffer isn't convincing as a tough-as-nails, kick your tail instructor, because I don't have to. Anyone with an IQ over 120 will figure that out instantly. Now, we all know that inner-city youths don't deserve as much attention as rich kids, so let's stop pretending that one teacher with a mission is going to make a difference in these loser kids lives. They aren't going anywhere except to a street corner or a stoop. I'm ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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