Mr. Holland's Opus
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: January 19, 1996 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
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Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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12
Mixed:
7
Negative:
2
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Washington PostHal Hinson
As the years flash by, Mr. Holland ultimately discovers that he has given the world something much more valuable than a symphony; he has touched thousands of lives with the gift of music . . . blah, blah, blah. It almost makes you wanna hurl. Read full review
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Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
Mr. Holland's Opus is the kind of movie that only a person who really doesn't like movies could love. It's a movie whose grandiose swagger is meant as compensation for its message about the resignation of the human spirit to smaller gratifications and vistas. Read full review
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