Mr. Holland's Opus
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.
21 October 1970, Los Angeles County, California, USA
10 September 1942, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
4 February 1971
21 September 1976, Sacramento, California, USA
16 September 1977, Medford, Oregon, USA
3 October 1974, London, England, UK
August 21, 2002
Extraordinary movie about how a job can be transformed into a soul-satisfying vocation.
March 21, 2003
Yea, it is filled with cliches, but it still is an engaging outing.
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.
July 14, 2003
Doesn't hold up. The schmaltz doesn't work. What does "Play the sun" mean?
September 10, 2005
Who knew the director of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead was capable of making a profoundly moving drama?
January 01, 2000
An overwrought Disney weeper.
February 23, 2003
'Mr. Holland's Boring Cliche'
April 21, 2006
Holland may have been a failed composer, but he's a master at playing the heartstrings.
April 22, 2005
One of Dreyfuss' best performances EVER.
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
