Teaching Mrs. Tingle 1999

Critics score:
19 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Susan Stark, Detroit News: As a routinely cruel, often vicious, miserably unhappy teacher, Mirren offers a complex, brilliantly disciplined performance! Read more

Dallas Morning News: Dismal. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Newly benign, and noticeably clumsy. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Teaching Mrs. Tingle reveals Williamson not only to be as accomplished a director as he is a writer but also his willingness to move beyond horror to psychological suspense. Read more

Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle: The movie needs a few more ideas and a lot more thrills to excite viewers, whether young or old. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Depressing! Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The lack of surprises, plot twists, and clever dialogue makes this a distressingly lame offering. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: There is nothing funny about the situation in Teaching Mrs. Tingle. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A wildly uneven and sloppily directed movie, full of clashing tones and undigested bits of superior films. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Spiteful and shallow! Read more

Dennis Harvey, Variety: A pat, hollow exercise! Read more

Dennis Lim, Village Voice: Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Terrible, painful! Read more