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Summary: Oh this is a great funny movie! Katie was fabulous!
Review: Oh my goodness! I didn't expect this to be as good as it was. Mrs. Tingle was fabulous, cruel, scared the hell out of me. Katie was incredible as always, making you believe she was the character and she made you feel for her. Her best friend was HILARIOUS, gotta love her, she made me laugh so hard and the guy was GORGEOUS and he and Katie performed one of the sexiest love scenes I may have ever seen. I loved this. Made me laugh like crazy. Everyone in it was fabulous. So many famous actors, I couldn't believe how many people I recognized. See it!
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Summary: good teen movie
Review: it`s an exellent movie , a very good story and a brilliant teacher mrs.tingle(Helen Mirren),she is a very good actress she`s funny but she is evil in this movie . if you like teen movies you`ll like it
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Summary: OK But Not Stellar
Review: This movie is almost completely forgettable; it's also almost completely predictable. The SUPER EVIL Mrs. Tingle is a bit amusing, but not really worth the price of admission. Good acting (I should say overacting) by some cast members keep it from being a D, but you should feel free to miss it.
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Summary: Pretty Good Teen Flick
Review: Any fan of Kevin Williamson or Katie Holmes will like this one. The movie is about a smart teen, Leann(Katie Holmes), who desperately needs to get a scholarship because her mom is a waitress and can't afford to pay for college. Later on,when Leann's strict history teacher, Mrs.Tingle(Helen Mirren), accuses Leann of cheating on a test, Leann and her friends hold Mrs.Tingle captive in her own house. This movie is a good source of light entertainment, but it is very predictable. It's ok to see once or twice.
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Summary: Without Mirren, there's nothing here.
Review: Hell, even WITH Mirren there's precious little of value.I'm going to cut to the chase--just how stupid IS our little scholarship hopeful? She and her friends tie Mrs. Tingle up, and then proceed to believe every single thing she says to them while she's in their control. Are these kids so emotionally deficient that they'll believe anything said to them by someone who's got nothing to lose by trying to manipulate them? Now, Mirren does a masterful job with the little she's given to work with--as she handles and reads from Leanne's history project, she gives a look that hints at deeper emotion, but the film never capitalizes on it. The flat script never gives Tingle any dimension: a story she tells about her past is just another manipulative lie. Everything that comes out of her mouth is a lie, but there's no sense of the greater truth behind the lie--she's intensely bitter for no reason at all. Sure, the kids splash reasons for her bitterness at her, but they fall like rain off an umbrella, leaving no hint that they've actually reached Mrs. Tingle. For an investigator, there would have been too many unanswered questions about what happened at Mrs. Tingle's house. There is no real justice, here.
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Summary: Good Show!
Review: The performances are terrific! This movie is outrageous,funny and even rather exciting. The premise is tongue-in-cheek(or at least it used to be) and the dialog is a little ridiculous in parts but is it possible to have a bad movie with Helen Mirren in a significant role?What a talent! Katie Holmes and Marisa Coughlan are really quite excellent too. A nice little ending wraps up a rather good viewing experience.
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Summary: Magnificent Movie with Barry
Review: This movie surpassed all of my expectations. During my first viewing on DVD, I watched it frame by frame just to see each facial expression on Barry, perhaps the most underrated and unappreciated actor of our time. From the first glance, my thoughts in my mind were "cowabunga!!!...ehhhhhhhh." I am shocked and outraged at the academy awards for not only forgetting to nominate barry, but just not outright giving him the award for best (and needless to say, sexiest) actor.
The only drawback to the movie is that it neglects to list all the pertinent facts and tidbits on barry's personal life - like does he enjoy surfing? and if so, where does he like to surf? And what does he do about surfboard wax that sticks to his chest hair? I can't wait for teaching mrs tingle part II!! COWABUNGA!!!!
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Summary: More Earthliness than you'd expect
Review: A reviewer who gave this movie a one star rating suggested that Teaching Mrs Tingle is an Unearthly movie.
I'll have to disagree with this opinion wholeheartedly. This movie has more earthliness than 7 other movies I've watched:
ET
Star Wars
Return of the Jedi
Empire Strikes Back
Planet of the Apes
And a couple Star Trek movies Be that as it may, I don't think Mrs. Tingle was trying to convey Earthliness to its audience. If I may speak for the director and writer for just a moment, I have a feeling that this movie was supposed to be viewed for the purpose of entertainment. While you're watching it, try not to make this COMEDY into a statement of the American Youth of today and the direction our public schools are going. Instead, watch it as a comedy. Some movies, like this one and Scream and even American Pie, are to be enjoyed instead of being put under the scope. Put Citizen Kane under the scope. If you want a funny movie with funny dialogue and a great, unexpected ending...one of those movies that you can watch over and over and over again...then watch this movie. If you're looking for a commentary on the American Youth of today, then get your commentary from something other than a movie that's intended to be a comedy.
If a teacher shooting a student with a crossbow is offensive in a comedy, then you probably have a lot more problems than the movie.
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Summary: UH...
Review: This film is simply an example of an extremely poor piece of filmmaking There is no point, no resolve, no meaning, no interest; no nothing! In short, besides a rather good performance by Helen Mirren (Mrs. Tingle), this film offers a psychotic teacher who would go to extremes as insane as firing crossbow arrows at her own students to keep them at bay. The teenage actors are sexy and witless and have no character depth whatsoever. They portray the youth once more as vacant, resonless vandals and do a poor job portraying even this. The film's plot is so basic and uninteresting that even the "dramatic" portions of this film were void of any substance. The comedy is poor, the acting (except for Mirren) is even worse, and plot seems as if it isn't even stable enough to provide a foundation on which to build the entire movie. "Teaching Mrs. Tingle" is a worthless, pessimistic, unearthly film that once again shows the media's failure to portray relationships between today's teenage society and their mentors as comical, suspenseful, interesting, and even controversial.
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Summary: Great movie!
Review: This movie is great! Mrs. Tingle is just like one of the teachers I once had. Mean, hypocritical, cruel, etc. Plus, the teacher I had has a victim in all her classes. Every student I know who's in any of ehr classes feels threatened by her. That's why I could totally symphathize with this movie. Three students kisnap the teacher in her house, plus find out that she is having an affair. This movie is so hilariously funny, plus romantic, it's great!
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