Review of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) by Henrik S — 08 Apr 2010
Goodbye Mr.Chips has one of those classic premises of a school teacher and trials and errors he faces while on the job. From his young years as a freshman to his last steps through the halls, Goodbye Mr.Chips is movie of rather epic scope, covering love, friendship and the war along its way. Robert Donat does a great job (so did the makeup department) in his portrayal of the shy and witty Mr. Chips. The movie takes a good 25 minutes to find its rhythm and in the end it has a tendecy to be melodramatic but overall it is a beautiful movie. Like so many other "teacher" movies, Goodbye Mr.Chips is a very morally tale and given the fact that it is (partially) set during wartime the overall feel is very melancholic and the movie is definetly a tear-jerker. Cute.
Henrik.
This review of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) was written by Henrik S on 08 Apr 2010.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips has generally received very positive reviews.
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