Goodbye, Mr. Chips 2002
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
In the later years of the nineteenth century Latin master Mr. Chipping is the mainstay of Brookfields boys boarding school, a good teacher and a kindly person but he is considered to be married to the job so that it is a surprise when, on a walking holiday, he meets and marries the vivacious Kathie,who becomes his helpmate at the school but sadly pre-deceases him. Just before World War One insensitive new headmaster Ralston tries to edge Chipping out but the boys rally and Sir John Rivers, an old pupil of Chipping's and now head of the board of governors, invites him to stay and,when the war breaks out and Ralston joins up, Chipping becomes the new head.
In the later years of the nineteenth century Latin master Mr. Chipping is the mainstay of Brookfields boys boarding school, a good teacher and a kindly person but he is considered to be married to the job so that it is a surprise when, on a walking holiday, he meets and marries the vivacious Kathie,who becomes his helpmate at the school but sadly pre-deceases him. Just before World War One insensitive new headmaster Ralston tries to edge Chipping out but the boys rally and Sir John Rivers, an old pupil of Chipping's and now head of the board of governors, invites him to stay and,when the war breaks out and Ralston joins up, Chipping becomes the new head.
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Full Cast & Crew... Mr. Chipping
... Kathie
... Max Staefel
... Wetherby
... Ralston
... Burnley
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See All 1 Reviews09 May 2023 by Peter McGinn
I had seen at least one version of this novel adapted for film, but I have always liked Martin Clunes so I wanted to watch this one. He does his usual stellar performance in the title role, and Victoria Hamilton, who stood out in Lwrk Rise to Candleford, is vivacious and perfect here as Kathie. The movie is perfectly fine, though I can’t say I will be drawn to watch it again in the future. As with To Serve Thel All my Days, the story follows a long-serving school teacher who watches not only their graduates dying in a world war, but they both having their wives dying young. This movie comes off sad to me, even with his small victories in school policy and student progress, a feeling which might have been mitigated if he had been allowed to be married more than a couple of years. I suppose in most movies the hero triumphs over evil or danger; Mr. Chips settles for triumphing over boredom and sadness.
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Release Date:
Dec 26, 2002 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 39`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
I had seen at least one version of this novel adapted for film, but I have always liked Martin Clunes so I wanted to watch this one. He does his usual stellar performance in the title role, and Victoria Hamilton, who stood out in Lwrk Rise to Candleford, is vivacious and perfect here as Kathie. The movie is perfectly fine, though I can’t say I will be drawn to watch it again in the future. As with To Serve Thel All my Days, the story follows a long-serving school teacher who watches not only their graduates dying in a world war, but they both having their wives dying young. This movie comes off sad to me, even with his small victories in school policy and student progress, a feeling which might have been mitigated if he had been allowed to be married more than a couple of years. I suppose in most movies the hero triumphs over evil or danger; Mr. Chips settles for triumphing over boredom and sadness.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Directors & Credit Writers
SO
Stuart Orme... Director
Cast
... Mr. Chipping
... Kathie
... Max Staefel
... Wetherby
... Ralston
... Burnley
... Metcalf
... Young Rivers
JC
James Casey... Young Colley
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Tom Roberts... Henshaw
... Alderdyce
JB
James Byng... Hawthorne
... Young Sexton
... Soldier Colley
... Forrester (uncredited)
... Callender Sr.