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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: One of the year's most heartfelt movies. Read more
Roger Ebert, At the Movies: Most movies claiming to be based on fact pour on the melodrama, but this one basically just sticks to the real story, which has all the emotional wallop that's needed. Read more
Susan Stark, Detroit News: A movie that tells a story not from some Hollywood swifty's febrile imagination, but rather from life. Read more
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News: Music of the Heart doesn't take you anywhere you haven't been before, but it's still an enjoyable ride. Read more
Janet Maslin, New York Times: Boring as it may have become for Meryl Streep to show up for awards ceremonies, count on her to be doing it again. Read more
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Streep's extraordinary performance makes this the rare inspirational movie that actually is, well, inspirational. Read more
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: For its first three laps, this inspirational - teacher movie moves too slowly, even with the head start I give inspirational - teacher movies. Read more
Steven Rosen, Denver Post: The key to Meryl Streep's fine performance is that she makes Guaspari unheroically ordinary. Ultimately that makes her even more extraordinary. Read more
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: There really is a Roberta Guaspari, but this dull, wanly repetitive teacher movie fails to bring her story to life. Read more
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: The tone of inspirational uplift is familiar from movies like Stand and Deliver and Mr. Holland's Opus -- which is to say, it's familiarly awful. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Music of the Heart is nothing if not a change of pace, and, unfortunately, Craven doesn't appear entirely comfortable in these new surroundings. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Some people will warm to Music of the Heart, and for those people the idea of criticizing the film will be like kicking a puppy. Read more
Derek Adams, Time Out: Meryl dominates the proceedings. She simply disappears into the role, and the movie, for all its educational impulses, becomes about watching her do it. Read more
David Stratton, Variety: All other credits are pro, with a special nod to Peter Deming's subtly nuanced camerawork. Read more
Jessica Winter, Village Voice: Solid raw material, but the execution is overcooked: The kids are cutesy, and Meryl Streep as Roberta is hyperaddled and indecisive about which outer-borough accent to affect. Read more