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Teaching Mrs. Tingle

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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: Horror/Suspense

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... 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 friend Luke steal the history test, which will boost her grade up. Luke is caught by Mrs. Tingle and Mrs. Tingle reports it to the principal. Luckily, the principal is not there that day so before she can tell him tomorrow, Luke and Leigh Ann knock her out. They take her back to there place and tie her up. After this point school will never be a safe haven again. [More]

Starring: Katie Holmes, Helen Mirren, Barry Watson, Marisa Coughlan

Starring: Katie Holmes, Helen Mirren, Barry Watson, Marisa Coughlan, Liz Stauber, Molly Ringwald, Jeffrey Tambor, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Vivica A. Fox, John Patrick White

Director: Kevin Williamson

Director: Kevin Williamson
Screenwriter: Kevin Williamson
Producer: Cathy Konrad
Composer: John Frizzell

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Reviews for Teaching Mrs. Tingle

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Spiteful and shallow!

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

Insipid and thick!

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Mike Antonucci
Mike Antonucci
San Jose Mercury News
N/R

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Noel Murray
Noel Murray
Nashville Scene

Depressing!

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01/01/00
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Even a fantasy, whoever it's for, has to have a plot that minimally makes sense, characters that make decisions based on coherent personalities, and a consistent tone. Unfortunately, Teaching Mrs. Tingle lacks all three.

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Peter Brunette
Peter Brunette
Film.com

Helen Mirren makes a magnificent villain!

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
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Philip Booth
Philip Booth
Orlando Weekly

Utterly far - fetched.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Randall King
Randall King
Jam! Movies

Teaching Mrs. Tingle is a spectacularly mediocre movie!

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Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

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Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

There is nothing funny about the situation in Teaching Mrs. Tingle.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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As a teen drama, it's soggy and predictable; as a thriller, it's a soggy and predictable teen drama; as a comedy, it's a soggy and predictable teen drama.

Full Review Source: Scott Renshaw's Screening Room | comment Comment
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Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw's Screening Room

Predictable, mediocre.

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Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
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Susan Granger
Susan Granger
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As a routinely cruel, often vicious, miserably unhappy teacher, Mirren offers a complex, brilliantly disciplined performance!

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01/01/00
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News

Slow-moving.

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Susan Wloszczyna
Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today

An entertaining film full of Williamson's familiar movie-reference-laced dialogue.

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Thom Bennett
Thom Bennett
Film Journal International

Teaching Mrs. Tingle deserves to flunk out.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
01/01/00
Todd Anthony
Todd Anthony
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

The film's plot runs as smoothly as a Yugo with sand in the transmission and aside from a few well-acted moments, the film falls apart quicker than a paper mache space shuttle.

Full Review Source: Citadel Broadcasting | comment Comment
01/01/00
Tony Toscano
Tony Toscano
Citadel Broadcasting
N/R

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Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

An infuriatingly indulgent piffle of adolescent wish - fulfillment!

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/01/00
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
San Francisco Examiner
 
 
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