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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.
Yea, it is filled with cliches, but it still is an engaging outing.
March 21, 2003
Variety
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