
The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. In her struggle she loses everything as the system comes down on her with all their might but her determination for the kids happiness helps her to battle back with wonderfully inspirational results.... (Full plot summary below)
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The true story of a young teacher who fights against the board of education in her bid to teach underprivileged kids in a Harlem school the beauty of music through the violin. In her struggle she loses everything as the system comes down on her with all their might but her determination for the kids happiness helps her to battle back with wonderfully inspirational results.
Leave your thoughts about Music of the Heart.
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekMusic of the Heart is a first-class treatment of an extraordinary story. |
| Time OutDerek AdamsMeryl dominates the proceedings. She simply disappears into the role, and the movie, for all its educational impulses, becomes about watching her do it. |
| PopMattersAnne DaughertyThe problem with this film is that director Wes Craven is so intent on telling the story, its very seamlessness becomes a drawback. |
| Orlando WeeklyPhilip BoothAn inspirational, pleasantly diverting but markedly familiar family movie. |
| USA TodaySusan WloszczynaYearning for an old-fashioned movie with a well-told, uplifting message? Music of the Heart is playing your song. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrAvoids the potentially suffocating pall of uplift hovering over its quite exhilarating story. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis one basically just sticks to the real story, which has all the emotional wallop that's needed. |
| New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNo actress of her generation inhabits characters as thoroughly and convincingly as she (Streep) does, and this performance carries the movie |
| Mr. ShowbizKevin MaynardThe year's first sure-fire Oscar nominee has arrived with flying colors. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldA teary appreciation of the value of a good teacher, the joy of music and the payoffs of discipline and hard work. |