Teaching Mrs. Tingle Reviews
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A wildly uneven and sloppily directed movie, full of clashing tones and undigested bits of superior films.
The movie needs a few more ideas and a lot more thrills to excite viewers, whether young or old.
Wholly predictable and implausible plotting, thin characterizations, and stilted dialogue!
Teaching Mrs. Tingle is funny, smart and full of unpredictable twists and turns.
Williamson rarely gets beyond the schematic, arbitrary nature of the characters' relationships.
Even a fantasy, whoever it's for, has to have a plot that minimally makes sense, characters that make decisions based on coherent personalities, and a consistent tone. Unfortunately, Teaching Mrs. Tingle lacks all three.
Teaching Mrs. Tingle an ugly, failed attempt to pull off a Heathers - style, teen - oriented black comedy.
| Original Score: 1.5/4
As a routinely cruel, often vicious, miserably unhappy teacher, Mirren offers a complex, brilliantly disciplined performance!
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| Original Score: 4/4
The lack of surprises, plot twists, and clever dialogue makes this a distressingly lame offering.
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| Original Score: 1/4
Contains enough amusing moments and unpredictable twists for the film to score with teen audiences.
There is nothing funny about the situation in Teaching Mrs. Tingle.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
Teaching Mrs. Tingle is a spectacularly mediocre movie!
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.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
A good mix of the nostalgic and the brand-new!
