Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

thejcowboy22 This movie began a hot streak of indelible motion pictures in the career of actor Sidney Poitier. In this across the pond vehicle, Potier plays the noblest of professions, a school teacher. Mark Thackeray while looking at want ads for higher waged jobs takes on a teaching position. The school is located in the East End slums of London in the late 1960's. The students are ruffians Cockney's (all white) against the Black teacher. Don't worry Mr. Thackeray can handle himself just fine but realizes conventional learning will not get his point across. The survival of life is the credo he goes by. Teaching his students to stretch out meals with cooking tips. Meanwhile Thackeray is waiting for a response for a job offer as an engineer during the school year. Squabbles with the gym teacher as to the handling of an overweight student are settled. Thackeray even boxes with one of his students in a life lesson experience. The female students burn a tampon as Thackeray voices his disgust to paraphrase, " I'm sick and tired of your foul language, crude behavior and sluttish manner.There are certain things a decent woman keeps private. Only a slut would have done this. Your all to blame. Now, I am going to leave this room in which this disgusting object had better be removed and the windows open to clear away the stench. If you must play these filthy games do them in your own homes not in my classroom!" Poitier shows such emotion in that scene as you feel is anguish and desolation among the students. Some co-stars worth a mention. Patricia Rutledge as Clinty. Lovely Judy Geeson as Pamela Dare, Suzy Kendall as Gillian and the Iconic singer Lulu as Babs. I just love the sweet sound of Miss Dare's voice when she addresses Mr. Thackeray as "Sir". Great period piece from the 1960's. With a room filled with lovely British Birds, that's one class you won't be tardy for.

jimbo-53-186511 Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier)accepts a job as a teacher at a tough school in the East End Of London. Initially, Thackeray intends to just use this job as a 'stop-gap' as his real passion in life is to be an engineer. Thackeray has a hard time with his students at first who are intent on making his life as difficult as possible, but Thackeray slowly starts reaching out to his students and begins to make them see things from an entirely different perspective....Sidney Poitier made 3 films in 1967 (Guess Who's coming to dinner, In The Heat Of The Night & To Sir with Love). Whilst To Sir With Love is arguably the least important of the 3 films he made in that year, for me, it still has some social relevance today.Dangerous Minds was an American film which I presume was loosely based on To Sir With Love and both films share the same general theme - misguided youths who have no real direction in life and see teachers as the enemy. Thackeray turns this scenario on its head by treating the school kids as young adults which in turn means that a mutual respect starts to develop between students and teacher - they generally say that to get respect you have to give respect and I think that this is merely one of the points that is made in this film.The acting is generally good and Sidney Poitier is effortlessly able to switch from being quiet, placid and mild-mannered into a raging torrent of emotions - at one point he gives a rather chilling steely-eyed stare. Some of the performances from the young actors was good and it was interesting to see a young Chris Chittell (who is best known to UK audiences for playing Eric Pollard in Emmerdale for a number of years and a young Patricia Routledge who is best known for playing Hyancinth Bucket or Bookay in Keeping Up Appearances).One other thing I liked about it is that I felt that Thackeray had learnt as much from the students as they had from him. They clearly learnt about respect and had been prepared for life as adults, but Thackeray also learnt that he was actually a good role model and learnt that as a teacher he could actually make a positive difference to people's lives. The final scene in the film perfectly demonstrates this point and was a wonderful way for the film to end.There are some flaws here and there such as a slightly repetitive and tedious first half. I also felt that some of the school children could have been developed better - aside from one child we learn little about them which did keep me at arms length from them a lot of the time. Still minor flaws aside this is a very good film with generally positive themes and messages and is well worth watching.

FilmCriticLalitRao British film 'To Sir with love' is set in a poor school located in east London where a substitute teacher comes to replace his colleague who has left the school. The new teacher is absolutely determined to make some difference in the lives of school children. He is somewhat saddened to hear negative remarks about children from his school colleagues. Although he witnesses a lot of discipline related issues at the school, he is able to put some sense in the minds of students who end up becoming "responsible adults". While watching 'To Sir with love', viewers would clearly observe that the white kids from London's poor neighborhoods do not have any special problems in accepting a black person as their teacher. Hence the issue of racism does not arise. This film makes a sad commentary about the people who would like to choose teaching profession for all the wrong reasons in the world. One should not treat teaching profession as a temporary job which can be done while one's search for another lucrative position is under way. American actor sir Sidney Poitier dazzles as Mr. Thackeray- a teacher who is able to win students' love and affection by treating them as equal as well as respecting them. He does not favor them openly but he is aware of their importance too. The social relevance of this film continues to be felt as keenly as ever due to the fact that English schools are still extremely unruly where students make a lot of noise.

Vihren Mitev Why I am rising so high rating to such movie that was shot mostly in a room and with a very low budget? I answer to that in general and make it clean in detail.Because it is a wonderful example about how with very little you can achieve a lot. One good teacher can teach his skills to the students of a class, and a good movie - to show them to the hundreds of viewers. On the other hand, one small review of this movie can continue the effect.To be a gentleman, a lady or a sir much is needed. There is not impossible to gain this system of values that make possible the modus of this highly development of the personality.Not to be a slave of the system but its creator. Always to know in what position you are put and what you can allow to yourself to do. Wherever you are, even if you know that you are called upon something much more, to give everything in order to achieve the most good results. To reveal your potential to its limits and not being egoist or egotist. To leave the material in favor of the spiritual!http://vihrenmitevmovies.blogspot.com/