October 18, 2010
Inspiring true story with good acting and a compelling narrative. A nice change of pace from Wes Craven.
Meryl Streep,
Aidan Quinn,
Angela Bassett,
Cloris Leachman,
Gloria Estefan
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After devoting his career to such horror films as Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Last House on the Left, director Wes Craven makes a dramatic change of pace with this inspiring drama about a t... read more
DVD Release Date: January 15, 2002
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June 22, 2007it wasn't bad, despite the fact how much i despise the cliched inner city kids can do sports/be intelligent/sing/spell/play an instrument despite GREAT ODDS and there's always a random kid dying or doing drugs or something. and meryl streep is great at playing angry women.
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January 5, 2011fb634852121It was hard for me to sit through this film, because it was a big parade of wasted opportunities. The filmmakers had a good true story for their source material, good casting with Meryl Streep and most of the other actors, and best of all good music. But it was all lost on a terr... read more
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July 9, 2006It is a really good movie. The Fiddlefest is really cool. Meryl Streep is great in it.
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April 2, 2012Music of the Heart is the inspiring tale of a music teacher who inspires her students to stop smoking drugs and prostituting and start playing music... and then murders them.
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May 4, 2009The music teacher that changes lives has been done before but this was nice.
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March 11, 2011After watching this I said: 1) Wow, Meryl was great (as usual), and Angela Bassett was too and 2) WES CRAVEN DIRECTED THIS!?
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March 5, 2009This is an uplifting story of a woman who wants to make a difference in her community through music. Wonderful.
Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
January 1, 2000
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
The tone of inspirational uplift is familiar from movies like Stand and Deliver and Mr. Holland's Opus -- which is to say, it's familiarly awful. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Moves with more dexterity than most dedicated-teacher flicks. Full Review
January 1, 2000
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Music of the Heart is nothing if not a change of pace, and, unfortunately, Craven doesn't appear entirely comfortable in these new surroundings. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
One of the year's most heartfelt movies. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Boring as it may have become for Meryl Streep to show up for awards ceremonies, count on her to be doing it again. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Some people will warm to Music of the Heart, and for those people the idea of criticizing the film will be like kicking a puppy. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, At the Movies
Most movies claiming to be based on fact pour on the melodrama, but this one basically just sticks to the real story, which has all the emotional wallop that's needed. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today
To see Streep's prickly pear of an instructor blossom along with her struggling students is a rare joy.
January 1, 2000
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
The key to Meryl Streep's fine performance is that she makes Guaspari unheroically ordinary. Ultimately that makes her even more extraordinary. Full Review
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