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Poll: Movie Characters Who'd Make the Best Life Therapists

A poll by ElMaruecan82
Which of these cinematic happy-go-lucky optimists and half-full glasses philosophers would most help you to look at the bright side of life?

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Results of 1,090 votes:

  1. 1.

    Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (1989)

     
    John Keating
  2. 2.

    Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

     
    Ferris Bueller
  3. 3.

    Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

     
    RP McMurphy
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