Teaching Mrs. Tingle

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Teaching Mrs. Tingle

(1999)

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Leanne is salutatorian when she needs to be valedictorian to get her scholarship to Harvard. The only class she is worse than the leader in is history, taught by Mrs. Tingle, and the teacher hates her. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.

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Kevin Williamson

Director, Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Helen Mirren

Mrs. Eve Tingle
Katie Holmes

Leigh Ann Watson
Jeffrey Tambor

Coach 'Spanky' Wenchell
Molly Ringwald

Miss Banks
Vivica A. Fox

Miss Gold

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A review by John Chard

2.0

Written by John Chard on August 28, 2014

Caught between its aims?

Three students get more than they bargained for when a theft of a test results paper leads to a deadly battle of wills with their kidnapped teacher, Mrs. Tingle.

It seems to me that director and writer, Kevin Wiliamson, got confused as to which direction the film should go in. At times it's jaunty when the scene appears to call for menace, and at others just plain boring if the scene was meant to be actually funny (in that sarcastic, almost satirical way). The film could have worked at either being a comedy or a thriller, but the fusion of the two just doesn't wor... read the rest.

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August 11, 1999

PG-13
Theatrical

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Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.