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Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Sammy-Jo Cervantes There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

fire-33667 Sidney Poitier as we know is a legend, and he truly shows in this movie that why he's respected that way. Everything about this movie is superb, from the starting where the teacher enters the class and sees the plight of those unfortunate, undisciplined children to the way he transforms them to a fine, disciplined lot. Along the way, the teacher encounters many obstructions in fulfilling his objective but nonetheless he tries to learn from those obstructions and achieves it with flying colours!!... Actually this movie along with entertainment is a kind of educational movie too which shows that how important moral values actually are for the over all development of a society. I highly recommend it to anyone, especially children and teenagers!!...

George Wright To Sir with Love has one major asset and drawing card in the person of Sidney Poitier, acting icon of the 1960's. The way he walks into the classroom and uses his voice and mannerisms give him presence and authority. The movie did become known for the title song To Sir With Love. This movie and Up the Down Staircase were also movies of the 1960's when education reform aimed to make students the focus of a more stimulating learning environment. But without Sidney Poitier the movie would be long forgotten. Poitier takes a position as a teacher in the docklands of London, while applying to get work in his field of engineering. The work proves to be very unsettling because the challenge of teaching students who seem to have no manners or motivation is a huge hurtle. Only when he realizes that he needs to make a major change in his teaching style does he begin to win them over and make a difference. He asks them what they want to talk about; he gets permission to take his class to the Victoria and Albert Museum; he sets standards of dress and deportment that he says will give them more confidence. All this amounts to a major change in Poitier's students and in himself. The movie is still worth watching, mainly because of the leading character, as played by Sidney Poitier.

Hitchcoc Sidney Poitier is a new teacher. He gets a job at an inner city public school in England. He thinks he can rely on his prescriptive training to make it go. That doesn't last long because these kids are loaded for bear and have probably driven more than one teacher out the front door. I taught for 43 years and know how the wrong approach can lead to disaster. One day, he realizes that these kids aren't going to learn anything unless he can make a dent in their attitudes and, in some cases, their hopeless lives. It's hard, but he soon makes some inroads. There are challenges, including a pretty young female student who starts to fall in love with him. I know some say this movie is dated, but styles are unique to the period. If this were a big deal, we would wipe out about 95 percent of the films available to watch.

SnoopyStyle Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) is an unemployed engineer from British Guiana originally and a few years in California. Unable to get an engineering job, he reluctantly takes a teaching job at the North Quay Secondary School in the lower class East End neighborhood of London. His class is compose of some of the worst rejects from other schools.The cockney accent is quite thick but the movie is mostly understandable. Poitier is doing his stoic acting with some flashes of power. The kids are generally nice looking trying to act tough. None of them has any real edge especially compared to modern movies. It may actually be the idea that these are good kids trying to be bad. It plays more like a less intense sentimental movie. The song is great though. I don't want to say the movie is too soft. Just by having Poitier, the race issue is being dealt with. The main thing is that Poitier is never truly outmatched by the kids. He projects so much presence that the kids don't have anything equal to him.