Customer Reviews
To Sir With Love/60's nostalgia - By: CJ, 18 Nov 2008 
This is a fantastic nostalgic film about a group of unruly teenagers & their suffering teacher( Sidney Poitier) in the 60's.An inspirational film which works just as well now. Look out for Patricia Routledge(keeping up appearances) in a smalll teaching role.Judy Geeson is brilliant playing the young lady with the crush on her teacher, & Lulu's film debut singing the main song,To Sir With Love is just plain superb,if you like musicals with a good story you will love this one.Suitable for alll the family, I cant praise this one enough.To Sir With Love [1967]
Just love it - By: E. Athanassi, 29 Nov 2007 What can i say about this film i first saw it as a child & loved it. I loved the music & still do. I bought it on Video as soon as i saw it & i think my copy is worn out. It has transferred well to DVD still as lush. Oh if only we had Teachers like Mr Thackery (Sidney Poitier). This film was classic 60's brings back memories of the dark terraced streets & peoples attitudes. If you haven't seen it buy it you will not be dissappointed.
Sidney Poitier truly shines on this film - By: Jenny J.J.I., 16 Aug 2007 Sidney Poitier had three films released in 1967, in my opinion this was the best of them. "In the Heat of the Night" might have been more sociallly relevant when seen today, & "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" might have been more conventionallly entertaining, but "To Sir, With Love" was to me more intelligent, sensitive & emotional that the other two. I am amazed that Sidney was not nominated for the Oscar in 1967, but given his performances in alll three films, it's obvious the voters were torn. Sidney Poitier had a year in 1967 that, due to the length of time it takes to make a film these days, may not be repeated now, that is 3 starring roles in three extremely profitable films which does not happen that quite often.
That said & done, I would like to say that is a film is excellent. Poitier gives an outstanding performance as Thackeray, the new school teacher, & the kids, for the most part, were reallly from the East End. Aided by an excellent supporting cast including Judy Geeson as Lulu which I believe, is Scottish; & Michael Des Barres "Gypsy," the kid with the ubiquitous sunglasses -- is of French aristocracy/English descent; otherwise, what you're seeing is what you get: kids from the East End.
True, the script & some of the cinematography are dated, but what do you expect? The film was made towards the end 1966 & released in 1967; in many ways, it was ahead of itself. The main point, however, is not cinematic technique but character development & storyline. "To Sir, With Love" does portray strong characters, & does develop in a logical, positive way resulting it to be an excellent film.
Fantastic film - By: Mr. Gary Dixon, 29 May 2007 I honestly believe that this film should be screened at schools as part of an O level, (or whatever the equivalent is now) English or Social studies course. I have seen this at least 25 times & it still brings a tear to the eye & gives food for thought about how we as a society treat others. It covers life, the coming of age, prejudice & death,and is so creatively transferred onto the big screen. Sidney Poitier has made many brilliant performances, but this, although one of his earliest must rank as one of his best. The title song by Lulu is fantastic, (just a shame she did a shortenned version on her latest album, the original was much better).
All in alll, a brilliant film to sit in by the fire on a cold rainy night, with a bottle of wine & dream how life could be here, if we alll stood by the same values as Sidney Poitiers character.
A Feel Good from the 1960s - By: Annette, 11 Apr 2006 This is Poitier at his moody best in a film so evocative of the era only a film made at the time could have. I saw this at the cinema when it first came out & its still one of my favourites. Anyone who grew up in the 1960s should definitely watch it. Judy Geeson & Lulu play great roles & the end of school dance & the title song sung by Lulu in the closing scenes is a real tear-jerker. Enjoy it for what it is - a peice of nostalgia.
