Ann Way, Antoinette Biggerstaff, Celia Johnson
An age-resisting private girls-school teacher grows eccentric and vicarious through her young students. Set in 1930s Edinburgh.
DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004
Stats: 204 reviews
Astonishing performance from Maggie Smith highlights this somewhat stuffy character study about a forward thinking schoolteacher who refuses to follow the school's curriculum. Miss Jean Brodie's liberated views of love, politics and art are too much for a conservative girls' sch...( read more)
A classic of character development - the four girls in this film are outstanding, and so is Robert Stephens. I just wonder how many times Joan Cusack watched this film preparing for School of Rock - Celia Johnson invented the headmistress archetype as we know it.
Funny till you can't stop yelling!No,honestly.Smith tactically reserves the best for the class moments,it's such a sardonic humorous entity,the dramatic influence of this film overshadows the brisk tone.By Jove,Smith IS the film,Neame would have plunged on the depths of mediocrit...( read more)
I rather liked this film. It's loaded with ironies, some quite subtle, some less so. And a very different take on the usual eccentric teacher theme. Lots of food for thought. :)
a darker spin on the traditional "teacher" story. the entire film is ripe with sharp dialogue, rigid tension, tenacious acting, and just the right amount of subtlety and shock value. Maggie Smith is an absolute tour-de-force as the title character. by far the star of this film...( read more)
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