FEATURE FILM

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

5.5/10
TMDB378 votes
1999Original: English96 min

A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.

Genres: Comedy, Thriller
Cast: Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Barry Watson, Marisa Coughlan, Michael McKean

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About Teaching Mrs. Tingle

Before school lets out, Mrs. Tingle's class is going to need a substitute teacher.

Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999) is a film in the comedy, thriller genres. Directed by Kevin Williamson. The cast includes Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Barry Watson, Marisa Coughlan.

Released
1999-08-20
Original language
English
Runtime
96 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America
Production companies
Dimension Films, Konrad Pictures, Interscope Communications
Writers
Kevin Williamson

Teaching Mrs. Tingle cast & characters

Audience reviews

5.5/10 from 378 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

John Chard

TMDB member review

Caught between its aims? Three students get more than they bargained for when a theft of a test results paper leads to a deadly battle of wills with their kidnapped teacher, Mrs. Tingle. It seems to me that director and writer, Kevin Wiliamson, got confused as to which direction the film should go in. At times it's jaunty when the scene appears to call for menace, and at others just plain boring if the scene…

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Caught between its aims? Three students get more than they bargained for when a theft of a test results paper leads to a deadly battle of wills with their kidnapped teacher, Mrs. Tingle. It seems to me that director and writer, Kevin Wiliamson, got confused as to which direction the film should go in. At times it's jaunty when the scene appears to call for menace, and at others just plain boring if the scene was meant to be actually funny (in that sarcastic, almost satirical way). The film could have worked at either being a comedy or a thriller, but the fusion of the two just doesn't work, and this failing has to fall at Williamson's door, it's as if Scream was all a fluke after all? The cast struggle with the meanderingly dull screenplay, only the stoic (and sexy) Helen Mirren salvaging any sort of dignity by realising early on that the core of the film calls for deft nastiness instead of outright villainy. Poor and practically unwatchable these days. 2/10

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A bright high-school senior has her impending status as valedictorian jeopardized when her bitter history teacher, Mrs. Tingle, gives her a poor grade on a project. When an attempt to get ahead in Mrs. Tingle's class goes awry, mayhem ensues and friendships, loyalties and trust are tested by the teacher's intricate mind-games.

Who stars in Teaching Mrs. Tingle?

Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Barry Watson, Marisa Coughlan, Michael McKean, Jeffrey Tambor. See the cast cards above for character names.

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