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Mr. Holland's Opus
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Composer Glenn Holland believes that he'll eventually write a transcendent piece of music, but in the meantime he's taken a job at an Oregon high school and finds fulfillment as a music teacher.
Composer Glenn Holland believes that he'll eventually write a transcendent piece of music, but in the meantime he's taken a job at an Oregon high school and finds fulfillment as a music teacher.
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Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
March 21, 2003
Yea, it is filled with cliches, but it still is an engaging outing.
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
April 21, 2006
Holland may have been a failed composer, but he's a master at playing the heartstrings.
Fantastica Daily
January 23, 2006
A touching, uplifting and life-affirming winner that makes it hard to avoid leaving the theater teary-eyed, with a lump in your throat.
About.com
July 14, 2003
Doesn't hold up. The schmaltz doesn't work. What does "Play the sun" mean?
Variety
January 29, 2007
This idealized tribute to a charismatic teacher who devotes himself to music appreciation has the same old-fashioned texture and sticky sentimentality as Goodbye Mr. Chips (of 1939), but Dreyfuss gives an effective, surprisingly restrained performance
Juicy Cerebellum
February 23, 2003
'Mr. Holland's Boring Cliche'
September 10, 2005
Who knew the director of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead was capable of making a profoundly moving drama?
August 21, 2002
Extraordinary movie about how a job can be transformed into a soul-satisfying vocation.
USA Today
January 01, 2000
An overwrought Disney weeper.
Nolan's Pop Culture Review
April 22, 2005
One of Dreyfuss' best performances EVER.