Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas
A frustrated composer finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher.
DVD Release Date: August 24, 1999
Stats: 2,507 reviews
I enjoyed this movie. I guess I am just a sucker for inspirational, hopeful movies - ones where the character doesn't realize the impact he is having on those around him.
"Mr. Holland's Opus" is about a teacher trying to improve his students' lives through music - who never h...( read more)
"Mr. Holland's Opus" goes down the same road "Dead Poets Society" and "Les Choristes" went after it. A great movie, that can make an impact without second thoughts. The music is soul-filling and the performances are wondeful. This movie is a fountain of inspiration, and it is as ...( read more)
An earnest and at times overblown story of a music teacher's impact on those around him, Mr. Holland's Opus is at times a genuinely touching drama in the vein of It's a Wonderful Life. Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind) plays an aspiring composer and musi...( read more)
At times mawkish and overly sentimental but still compulsively watchable. Dreyfuss gives a terrific performance aided by a cast who don't hit a wrong step. Of special note is a lovely cameo by Olympia Dukakis and a warm and wonderful turn from Glenne Headly in what could have bee...( read more)
An amazing film. From the very start, one has little sense of where the narrative is going, or why, but as the drama builds one gets a sense that they are watching a movie that is much bigger and more important than it's humble tones at first glance appear. This is not the story ...( read more)
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