| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Mar 22, 2002

A wildly uneven and sloppily directed movie, full of clashing tones and undigested bits of superior films.

| Jan 1, 2000

Dismal.

| Jan 1, 2000

Teaching Mrs. Tingle reveals Williamson not only to be as accomplished a director as he is a writer but also his willingness to move beyond horror to psychological suspense.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Depressing!

| Original Score: C- | Jan 1, 2000

There is nothing funny about the situation in Teaching Mrs. Tingle.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Spiteful and shallow!

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000

An infuriatingly indulgent piffle of adolescent wish - fulfillment!

| Jan 1, 2000

Teaching Mrs. Tingle an ugly, failed attempt to pull off a Heathers - style, teen - oriented black comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Slow-moving.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

As a routinely cruel, often vicious, miserably unhappy teacher, Mirren offers a complex, brilliantly disciplined performance!

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

Deadly dull!

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

A pat, hollow exercise!

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Contains enough amusing moments and unpredictable twists for the film to score with teen audiences.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

A dull assignment.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Insipid and thick!

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

The movie needs a few more ideas and a lot more thrills to excite viewers, whether young or old.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Newly benign, and noticeably clumsy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Teaching Mrs. Tingle is funny, smart and full of unpredictable twists and turns.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000