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Actors: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzunda
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Dangerous Minds
An ex-marine takes a job teaching at an inner-city high school. At first things start off rough, but she soon starts to connect with the kids. As she continues to motivate them she turns them from a bunch of criminals to good students.
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Job/Profession/Poverty Story? Yes
Job: - teacher

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - teacher/professor
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type - (woman) average
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average build
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Hispanic/Latinic

Main Adversary
Identity: - general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%

Setting
United States Yes
City? Yes
City: - dirty, grimy (like New York) - dangerous
Misc setting - school

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel... - encouraged
Any profanity? - Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Rap/hip-hop
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