Fresh
Meryl dominates the proceedings. She simply disappears into the role, and the movie, for all its educational impulses, becomes about watching her do it.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Music of the Heart
She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget.
1999 · 2h 4m · PG
Drama, Music
Directed by
Wes Craven
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Music of the Heart
Overview
After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Music of the Heart doesn't take you anywhere you haven't been before, but it's still an enjoyable ride.
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
Rotten
Music of the Heart is nothing if not a change of pace, and, unfortunately, Craven doesn't appear entirely comfortable in these new surroundings.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
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.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
One of the year's most heartfelt movies.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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