Dangerous Minds
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: August 11, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
11
Negative:
4
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38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie pretends to show poor black kids being bribed into literacy by Dylan and candy bars, but actually it is the crossover white audience that is being bribed with mind-candy in the form of safe words by the two Dylans. Read full review
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USA TodayMike Clark
Michelle Pfeiffer has made a lot of memorable movies, including many that undeservedly failed to connect with the public. Never, until Dangerous Minds, has she had to flail her way through a movie beyond all redemption, including even the prehistoric "Grease 2". [11 Aug 1995, Pg.04.D]
30
Austin ChronicleJoey O'Bryan
As far as Pfeiffer's performance goes, she's got charm and pep to spare, but next to zero substance when it comes to exploring her character's particular hypocrisies and pretensions. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid 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. Read full review
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