A screenful of nothingness!
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:13
Rotten:55
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: As a dark comedy-thriller, this movie lacks humor and thrill.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Leigh Ann is an all A student except in her history class, Mrs. Tingle's history class that is. The only person in Leigh Ann's way is her class rival MaryBeth Carter. One day Leigh Ann has her... [More]
Starring: Katie Holmes, Helen Mirren, Barry Watson, Marisa Coughlan
Director: Kevin Williamson
Reviews for Teaching Mrs. Tingle
The movie needs a few more ideas and a lot more thrills to excite viewers, whether young or old.
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As a dark comedy-thriller, it's not very thrilling or funny.
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The moral to the story, if any, is rather vague, as are Mrs. Tingle's motives.
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Beyond Mirren's performance, there's not really much reason to see this film.
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A good mix of the nostalgic and the brand-new!
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Kevin Williamson’s revenge fantasy rests upon the reasonable assumption that everyone has entertained homicidal fantasies about some especially obnoxious teacher.
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Williamson rarely gets beyond the schematic, arbitrary nature of the characters' relationships.
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle an ugly, failed attempt to pull off a Heathers - style, teen - oriented black comedy.
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Subraya lo sobrevaluado que se encuentra su autor y la cada vez más alarmante falta de creatividad y buenos guionistas
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The tone is off, and beyond the set-up, it's woefully underdeveloped!
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Wholly predictable and implausible plotting, thin characterizations, and stilted dialogue!
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Teaching Mrs. Tingle reveals Williamson not only to be as accomplished a director as he is a writer but also his willingness to move beyond horror to psychological suspense.
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Top CriticContains enough amusing moments and unpredictable twists for the film to score with teen audiences.
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Top CriticWilliamson breaks a cardinal rule of good writing: Audiences will play by any rules you choose to establish, but you can't change them in the bottom of the ninth inning.
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A dull assignment.
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It's Kevin's chance to exercise his Hitchcock muscles and advance from the irony-laced fright of Scream to something really terrifying: Helen Mirren's horrifying pedal extremities!
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Admittedly junky but wickedly watchable revenge fantasy.
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