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.
9 March 1972, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
3 October 1974, London, England, UK
1952
15 July 1961, Longview, Texas, USA
13 March 1955, New London, Connecticut, USA
21 August 1975, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
21 September 1976, Sacramento, California, USA
4 July 1975, Portland, Oregon, USA
6 November 1974, La Jolla, California, USA
1954, Portland, Oregon, USA
11 March 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 23, 2003
'Mr. Holland's Boring Cliche'
January 01, 2000
An overwrought Disney weeper.
April 22, 2005
One of Dreyfuss' best performances EVER.
August 21, 2002
Extraordinary movie about how a job can be transformed into a soul-satisfying vocation.
July 14, 2003
Doesn't hold up. The schmaltz doesn't work. What does "Play the sun" mean?
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
April 21, 2006
Holland may have been a failed composer, but he's a master at playing the heartstrings.
March 21, 2003
Yea, it is filled with cliches, but it still is an engaging outing.
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 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.
