Belief, encouragement and a little grit went a long way in a NYC school district that took a risk on a violin program. Streep is good and the NSync/Estefan duet at the end will take you back!

Insetting choice for Craven, familiar material but well delivered.

The best inspiring movie ever made!

A wonderful movie with a delightful cast and an inspiring story to tell. The wonderful music is lovely as well. The cast of great violinists is far from a turn off either. Very heartwarming and enjoyable.

A beautiful anomaly in the filmography of a famous horror director, Meryl Streep's inspired performance about bringing music into young people's lives is a great feelgood movie.

Despite some genre clichés and uneven pacing, MUSIC OF THE HEART is still a heartwarming, inspirational story about the transformative power of music.

It's a sweet movie with another great performance from Meryl Streep and great supporting work from Angela Bassett. It sometimes falls into the typical music teacher movie tropes that Mr. Holland's Opus had too especially the big concert ending but all and all it is a very touching movie and a vast turn for director Wes Craven

Very good! and Wes Craven directs it which had me like "say what?"

Sentiimental. Yes. Painful to the ears. Yes, that too. But a nice warm story of a woman who wanted to do good in East-Harlem for the kids and who did. Based on a real story with a finale in the Carnegie Hall. Respect.

I'm surprised Rotten Tomatoes didn't give it a higher grade. They should know better. This was a fantastic movie that deserved a Fresh rating

Truly for the heart.

An odd choice for usual horror mongol Wes Craven, Music of the heart still has a strong performance by Meryl Streep along with enough heart to elevate it beyond the predictability

Entertaining and held together by a great performance from Streep. However, the unusual selection of Wes Craven as director leads the film to feel oddly edited at times, and far too sentimental. You can feel Craven yelling in your ear 'I can direct non horror movies!'. Based on a true story, however, you can't help but feel the movie is ignoring the glaring question. How do you get kids from East Harlem and the Bronx interested in the Violin? The film doesn't show much in the way of a battle to engage the kids. Even their behaviour is remarkably good most of the time. In fact, the only damage to a violin is perpetrated by her son during a tantrum. The film also weakens itself by having a terribly written music teacher, Mr Rausch, who is simply there to be a pain. The kids also display amazing intonation on their instruments. But the film is still enjoyable enough and worth a look. Just don't eat any dairy before hand, as you don't want to over do it on cheese.

For anyone who has ever been told their dreams are out of reach.

Yet another "white woman saves the children" film, MUSIC OF THE HEART was leaning on the border of overdone soapy sentimentality and dramatic feats. It hums a very familiar tune but that doesn't mean you will hate it. It involves Roberta Guasipri, a single mother who is just as ordinary as the next woman. She conflicts with self-pity and becomes the a violin teacher at a school with struggling students. Predictable? Yes. Emotionally manipulative? Nearly. With that saying, I didn't love this movie. It was something I have seen in billions of other movies. However, it doesn't fail. This will please people or make them a bit annoyed. Wes Craven should stick to (better) horror films but with this, he makes it enjoyable. Meryl Streep received her twelfth Oscar nomination for this role. In some aspects, I can see why she got it and agree. She doesn't make Roberta into a one-dimensional, whiny character. Streep makes her ordinary and passionate and also a person with flaws, which makes Streep extraordinary. At the same time, this isn't one of her strongest roles. Out of all of her Oscar nominations, I would say that this and Adaptation impressed me the least. It wasn't anything special. Nonetheless, she is the film's heart and soul. Angela Bassett is also strong here, more than I expected. MUSIC OF THE HEART isn't a great film and forgettable but at the moment, you cant help but like it a little bit.

Simply touching movie.

Another one of these "teacher goes to the school of hard knocks" types of film. I recall that Richard Dreyfuss did the same thing continuing on the Mr. Chips theme. His film seems unnecessary and Meryl's otherwise good performance seems equally as unnecessary. We've seen this story before.

Meryl Streep's realistic performance as the flawed lead elevates this formulaic, sentimental picture just past mediocrity.

I really like you, Meryl, but this is some sappy shit.

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