Music of the Heart Critic Reviews

Avoids the potentially suffocating pall of uplift hovering over its quite exhilarating story.Read the full review

This one basically just sticks to the real story, which has all the emotional wallop that's needed.Read the full review

Yearning for an old-fashioned movie with a well-told, uplifting message? Music of the Heart is playing your song.Read the full review

An affirmation of the power of music to provide beauty, pleasure and a sense of accomplishment.Read the full review

A gloriously sentimental true-life dramaRead the full review

A lot of heart and a lot of music. It just doesn't sing.Read the full review

If "Mr. Holland's Opus" made you puke, you'd better bring a bucket to this true-life weepie about the importance of teaching music in schools.Read the full review

Feels more like an earnest commercial for music education than successful entertainment.Read the full review

A sentimental epic that forgets to include the sentimentRead the full review