Every teacher in America dreams of a sunset moment like that of Glenn Holland. So few ever get or earn it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 22, 2024

Though Patrick Sheane Duncan's screenplay goes in various directions and never develops a cohesive narrative, Herek keeps the story rolling along.

| May 30, 2018

| Original Score: A- | Sep 7, 2011

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

Full Review | Original Score: B- | Jan 29, 2007

Holland may have been a failed composer, but he's a master at playing the heartstrings.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 21, 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.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 23, 2006

Who knew the director of Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead was capable of making a profoundly moving drama?

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 10, 2005

One of Dreyfuss' best performances EVER.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 22, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 11, 2004

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 19, 2004

Doesn't hold up. The schmaltz doesn't work. What does "Play the sun" mean?

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 20, 2003

| Original Score: 4/4 | May 18, 2003

Yea, it is filled with cliches, but it still is an engaging outing.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2003

'Mr. Holland's Boring Cliche'

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Feb 23, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 24, 2003

Extraordinary movie about how a job can be transformed into a soul-satisfying vocation.

| Aug 21, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2002

| Original Score: low +2 out of -4..+4 | Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000