If you liked Peter Weir's 1989 film of Dead Poet's Society, please don't watch this! This film is a poor imitation of the renown Robin Williams film of an inspirational teacher and his incredible dedication to his prep-school students creating a heart-warming feeling. But this film is far from that.

Roberts plays an art history professor from California now working at Wellesley College in 1953. Her students are all female, more eager to earn their MRS. rather than a full-fledged college education. So it becomes Roberts mission to change the ways and thoughts of these "misguided" young girls and form them into independent young women.

Every film of this sort has a group of girls with a characteristic role. In this film, there is Kristen Dust's character, whose sole purpose in life is to find a man to take care of her and to then create the perfect 1950s household, her best friend, played by Julia Stiles, who is torn between her dream of going to Yale Law School and her motherly instincts, Maggie Gyllenhaal's character-- the brainy, yet promiscuous female of every class and Marcia Gay Harden as a comically vacuous instructor in the art of housewifery.

Even Roberts disappoints audiences as she is torn between choosing a relationship with a loving and devoted man who is set on marrying her, versus a womanizing colleague who is known for sleeping with his students.

The movie has that very ?Good-bye Mr. Chips? tone to it, but doesn't quite hit the mark. The sound track that accompanies the movie is quite a mix of tones, which is quite good however. Hits include "Mona Lisa," "You Belong to Me," "Besame Mucho," "Secret Love" and "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)? which may be worth checking out.

Overall, the characters played by these famous actresses are not added to their credit. Is it more due to the screenplay or is it the acting itself? Who knows?!?! We recommend that if you still have your heart set on watching this film?rent it!

We give this a rating of poor.