"Dangerous Minds" tackles the plot of a duck-out-of-water teacher taking on an unruly inner-city classroom. But this film has a bit of a twist. Instead of the teacher only imparting wisdom to the class in an effort to make them more like him, this film has the teacher, played wonderfully by Michelle Pfeiffer, also learning to be more like her students.
I especially enjoyed watching her become one of “them”, thus blurring the line between teacher and student. But, because of this, it rings much more true and natural. It doesn't seem to re