69%User score 69 percent
Tolkien
2019 · War · Drama
User Score
142 votes
At The Top Of The Year's "Ten Best" - The picture that earns for 1939 a proud place in motion-picture history!
Throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.
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John Chard
April 9, 2019
Open the dictionary, under the word charming it says Goodbye, Mr Chips. Mr Charles Chipping is a very shy young man, he starts teaching at Brookfield, an all boys English school. His early days at the school don't go very well at all, after coming close to losing his job he goes too far by way of discipline and costs the school dearly by way of a sporting tradition. It seems that all the school is against him, be it…
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CinemaSerf
June 22, 2022
What a gorgeous, gentle, film about the end of empire and of an era that showed a culture of respect and deference that has now long since vanished. Robert Donat always managed to portray the quintessential Englishman well - if, at times, in a little overly stilted fashion; and with Greer Garson's beautiful representation of a lady of the times this leaves us with a slightly warm feeling. Certainly, it doesn't not pr…
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