Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Here's another one of those old-fashioned movies in which people are all nice: no villains. It's a refreshing change of pace, once in a while, at least for me. Sometimes it's relaxing just to just kick back with a story... Full review

Sam Wood's film "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" is the story of Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat), an elderly schoolmaster at the prestigious Brookfield school in England. At the beginning of the current year's term, "Mr. Chips" is retired, but still living on... Full review

Amongst those movies that aim to use straightforward human drama alone to tell a thoughtful story, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" is one of the finest. Robert Donat's performance gives you not just one character to remember, but several, as he convincingly... Full review

The children attending the Brookfield school are no ordinary English boys; they are the the children of the upper classes of society, who for generations have learned from institutions such as the school represented here. They are molded at places... Full review

The third in the series of films MGM made in Britain was perhaps their greatest triumph, with a well-deserved Academy Award for Robert Donat, who played Mr Chips over a span of 60 years very convincingly. Always a great actor,... Full review

Director Sam Woods (`Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman,' `King's Row,' `For Whom the Bell Tolls') 1939 film `Goodbye Mr. Chips' features a top-notch performance by Robert Donat as the somewhat stuffy English prep school teacher, Mr. Chippings.... Full review

In the top TEN films of all time, I want to believe that Mr Chips exists for all school-children, that his spirit still hovers around places of learning waiting to guide those who might follow his lead as to decency,... Full review

This film demonstrates that if a cinematic work obeys the rules of good, simple lucid storytelling, it can hold up for a very long time indeed.Here is my synopsis of this wonderful film--certainly an instance where a great book (by... Full review

I wouldn't add anything to what my fellow-reviewers have said except for the fact that this is my favorite movie of all time. I watch it whenever I am depressed about the depths to which humans are capable of going... Full review

"Mr Chips" is a celebration of the teaching profession. "Chips" finishes teachers' college in England and is almost run over by the students his first day teaching. But he learns how to balance good teaching with the right amount and... Full review

He may be faced with a script that doesn't ask much of him beyond putting on some heavy makeup, but if Chips was my teacher I'm sure I'd love him every bit as much as the boys in this movie do. There's less conflict than in your typical animated Disney movie, and that makes watching Chips Donat is excellent, however, in the title role. ... Full Review

In the hands of actor Robert Donat, Chips is quietly convincing as the actor ages through the better part of a lifetime, his character struggling through good times and bad, happy times and sad. Starting his career in 1870, Chips is kind, gentle, shy, soft-spoken, caring, fair, but firm, and he remains that way his entire career. ... Full Review

So moving was Donat's performance....Robert Donat gives a poignant performance in this superlative production as the shy, retiring British schoolteacher who guides several generations of young boys to manhood..... ... Full Review

By Steven D. Greydanus Goodbye, Mr. Chips is the original inspirational-teacher story, and a beloved valentine to classical education, tradition, and the English public boarding schools of a bygone era. Greer Garson, making her feature-film debut, is delightful as Katherine Bridges, the self-possessed young woman who makes a new man of Chipping and gives him a new name, Mr. Chips, to boot. ... Full Review

Charles "Chips" Chipping: Robert Donat ("Goodbye, Mr. Chips," 1939) for best actor WON and Peter O'Toole ("Goodbye, Mr. Chips," 1969) Henry V: Laurence Olivier ("Henry V," 1944) for best actor and Kenneth Branagh ("Henry V," 1989) for best actor Henry... ... Full Article

The fame and reputation of British actor Robert Donat basically rests on just two of his nineteen screen roles: his Academy Award winning portrayal as the gentle schoolmaster in "Goodby, Mr. ... Full Article

Wonderful movies for children. Goodbye Mr. Chips- I am not fond of remakes. But I loved this one. I loved the original, but his Mr. ... Full Article

Stop me if you've heard this one. A coach/teacher/Reno lounge singer walks into a gym/classroom/convent filled with unmotivated athletes/students/nuns and, through his/her compassion and the irrefutable power of sport/learning/song, transforms the washouts into winners. ... Full Article

Connect to Facebook/Twitter, recommend via email and much more. Everything begins somewhere. Sidney Poitier's "To Sir, With Love"; Robin Williams's "Dead Poets Society"; Kevin Kline's "The Emperor's Club"; Peter O'Toole's 1969 musical version of "Chips"; the various TV interpretations of... ... Full Article

Gone With The Wind won eight Oscars.Best Actor wasnt one of them. That honour went to English thesp Robert Donat, his heartbreaking portrayal of Mr Chipping, schoolmaster at a late-19th century boys school, triumphing over Clark Gables definitive Rhett... ... Full Article