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.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
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,
24 Jun 2006
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,
1 Jan 2000
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,
1 Jan 2000
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.