The jokes are deathly flat. There's no 'thrill' to speak of. No scares.
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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Dec 21, 1999
Reviews for Teaching Mrs. Tingle
The set-up is delivered with brisk precision, but this dark comedy quickly sputters out, going nowhere for what feels like an eternity.
Current events outraced it in ways that Williamson, who usually anticipates trends, was apparently unable to incorporate in his narrative.
If the movie is never necessarily boring, it also is rarely interesting.
It lacks the satirical edge or intelligence of other recent films set in high school, including Election.
The lack of surprises, plot twists, and clever dialogue makes this a distressingly lame offering.
Mirren singlehandedly rescues the project from being pointless nonsense; this brilliant actress can communicate more with a twitch of a lip or a well-timed flick of her eyelashes than anyone else in the cast can with pages of dialogue.
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