Review of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) by Adam Z — 10 Sep 2007
An absolutely stunning film with a stellar cast, fantastic narrative and perfect dialogue. Robert Donat won an oscar for this role, and it's easy to see why despite the dodgy make up as the elder Mr Chipping.
Although you can hazard a guess right from the start how the film will end, the getting there is an absolute joy (with several heart-wrenching moments, naturally) and no section of the epic outstays its welcome.
It's also the little touches that make it so pleasurable, like the boys registration that heralds in each new year yet informs us each time of the setting (from the Franco/Prussian war, through the Boer War, Queen Victoria's death and the aftermath of the Great War) and the use of the same young actors for each generation of schoolboys.
You'll laugh, cry, and finally you'll wish that films like this were still made today.
This review of Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) was written by Adam Z on 10 Sep 2007.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips has generally received very positive reviews.
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