May 11, 2014I remember thinking this movie looked like a knock off of The Faculty when it came out, and I wasn't that interested in watching it. Seeing it now, I realize I was dead wrong, and besides having the same distinct late-90's look, feel, and smell, the two movies were nothing alike. In Teaching Mrs. Tingle, a straight-A student (Katie Holmes) desperate to become Valedictorian hits an uncompromising road block in the form of her history teacher, Mrs. Tingle (Helen Mirren), who seems to want nothing more than to make her students miserable. We all had teachers like that, so it's not too hard to relate, although Mrs. Tingle is a bit of an extremist. One of Katie Holmes' friends brings the answers to an upcoming exam to her and suggests they cheat, but they are inevitably caught by Mrs. Tingle who threatens to expel them. With their backs against the wall, the kids go to Mrs. Tingle's house to plead with her not to expel them. Then when she refuses they break into her house, almost kill her, and tie her to a bed for a few days. I'm not saying you shouldn't do that, but you probably shouldn't do that. The rest of the time is spent trying to figure out a way out of the terrible situation they ended up in while also trying to convince Mrs. Tingle to reconsider. Written and directed by Kevin Williamson (the guy who wrote Scream), Teaching Mrs. Tingle is one I would recommend for posterity sake, but keep it at arm's distance and don't expect to be blown away.
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