A screenful of nothingness!
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: Comedies
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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Release:
Dec 21, 1999
Reviews for Teaching Mrs. Tingle
The movie needs a few more ideas and a lot more thrills to excite viewers, whether young or old.
The moral to the story, if any, is rather vague, as are Mrs. Tingle's motives.
Beyond Mirren's performance, there's not really much reason to see this film.
Kevin Williamson’s revenge fantasy rests upon the reasonable assumption that everyone has entertained homicidal fantasies about some especially obnoxious teacher.
Williamson rarely gets beyond the schematic, arbitrary nature of the characters' relationships.
Teaching Mrs. Tingle an ugly, failed attempt to pull off a Heathers - style, teen - oriented black comedy.
Subraya lo sobrevaluado que se encuentra su autor y la cada vez más alarmante falta de creatividad y buenos guionistas
The tone is off, and beyond the set-up, it's woefully underdeveloped!
Wholly predictable and implausible plotting, thin characterizations, and stilted dialogue!
Teaching Mrs. Tingle reveals Williamson not only to be as accomplished a director as he is a writer but also his willingness to move beyond horror to psychological suspense.
Contains enough amusing moments and unpredictable twists for the film to score with teen audiences.
Williamson breaks a cardinal rule of good writing: Audiences will play by any rules you choose to establish, but you can't change them in the bottom of the ninth inning.
It's Kevin's chance to exercise his Hitchcock muscles and advance from the irony-laced fright of Scream to something really terrifying: Helen Mirren's horrifying pedal extremities!
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